Police bodycam video casts doubt on lawmaker’s ‘driving while black’ claim

Newly released police bodycam footage raises serious doubts about a Minnesota lawmaker’s claim that he was pulled over and ticketed by cops for “driving while black.”

And cops now want an apology. The video, released by St. Paul police, shows state Rep. John Thompson after he was pulled over around 1:20 a.m. on July 4.