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Trooper drew gun on Kansas lawmaker after stop for speeding

Published March 2, 2022 2:03 PM

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas Highway Patrol trooper says in a statement that he drew his pistol on a Kansas legislator stopped for speeding when the lawmaker abruptly got out of his car holding his cellphone. The trooper’s affidavit was released Wednesday and provides details about the Nov. 27 arrest in Lawrence of Democratic state Rep. Aaron Coleman, of Kansas City. Coleman is charged in Douglas County District Court with speeding and failing to yield to an emergency vehicle and has a hearing set for April 15. Master Trooper Michael Hamilton said in his affidavit that Coleman was speeding west on Interstate 70, left the highway and stopped in a parking area.

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