KSTP Created: July 08, 2021 06:32 PM
A Minnesota state lawmaker was cited Sunday morning for driving with suspended driving privileges.
Rep. John Thompson, DFL-St. Paul, was pulled over by St. Paul Police near Seventh Street East and Wacouta Street at 1:18 a.m. Sunday for not having a front license plate, police said.
Thompson has been an outspoken advocate for changing state law to prohibit so-called pre-textual traffic stops for things like expired tabs. Thompson and other supporters of such a change say the minor infractions are often used to racially profile Black drivers.
St. Paul Police say Thompson told the officer he was a Minnesota state representative and claimed he was being racially profiled. When asked for his driver s license, Thompson gave the officer a Wisconsin driver s license. Police said officers then learned Thompson s Minnesota driving privileges were suspended in 2019 for failing to pay child support.
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