GOP State Rep Spews Anti-Gay Slurs During DUI Arrest

The Associated Press reports:

A North Dakota lawmaker who serves on a panel that handles law enforcement legislation made homophobic and anti-migrant remarks to a police officer who arrested him on a charge of driving drunk, body camera footage shows.

Republican state Rep. Nico Rios of Williston was also charged with refusing to provide a chemical test. Both that and the drunken driving charge are misdemeanors under state law. .

The officer wrote that Rios “was verbally abusive, homophobic, racially abusive and discriminatory” toward him “for the entire duration of the incident following road side testing.”

Read the full article. Rios also reportedly mocked the officer’s accent and threatened to call the state attorney general. Hit the link for much more.

Nobody is more of a straight shooter than I am, and to put it bluntly I have to say that I messed up. Below is my official statement. pic.twitter.com/GwQA1zm0gX

— Rep. Nico Rios (@nico4nd23) December 18, 2023

North Dakota lawmaker made homophobic remarks to officer during DUI stop, bodycam footage shows https://t.co/zlbHr2NN1c

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 23, 2023