Republicans Resisting Arrest from Law Enforcement
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Displaying 10 Scandals
Sorted by When News Broke
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Jeremy DurhamFmr. State Representative10/23/23Crashed his car after which arriving officers observed signs of impairment including a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, slurred speech, dilated pupils, unsteadiness on his feet, responded with "lawyer" each of the many times he was asked to take a field sobriety test and resisted arrest by trying to pull away from officers handcuffing himAccording to arresting documents filed by local police
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8/15/23Was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed by police officers after refusing repeating commands to not interfere with emergency responders helping a 15-year-old girl experiencing seizures during which he screamed one was a "f*cking full-on d*ck!" who "better recalculate, motherf*cker!" while also hypocritically promising he will "ALWAYS stand by our country's police officers" which apparently only applies when it is politically convenient for himAccording to bodycam footage released by local police
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Tina PetersCounty Clerk [R-CO]5k3/04/23Refused repeated police commands to hand over an iPad they had a search warrant for and then "actively" resisted the officers as they placed her in handcuffsAccording to an arrest report filed by local police
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Leanette LopezFmr. State Rep. Candidate4/04/22Assaulted a police officer by grabbing and bending their hand backward while she was booked for driving under the influence of alcohol and resisting arrest in which she refused police officer orders to exit her vehicle parked in the middle of the road and when asked if she wished to contact her attorney responded with “Blah Blah Blah”According to charging documents filed by local prosecutors
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7/01/21Ignored repeated police commands to exit a hearing room in the Idaho statehouse and then "went limp and acted like dead weight" when police moved in to arrest him resulting in them being forced to place him in a swivel chair to escort him out of the buildingAccording to a police report filed by state officials
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Vanessa TijerinaFmr. State Sen. Candidate6/11/20Refused to obey repeated police commands to roll down her window while parked at a local restaurant because they smelled a strong odor of marijuana inside her car and suspected she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol and was caught with multiple "crack pipes" in her car that her young child was also a passenger inAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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David MartinezFmr. City Council Nominee7/16/18Screamed "f*ck you!" to multiple library staff so loudly that he could be heard in the children's area on the other side of the building then refused a police officer's order to leave after staff called them for assistance resulting in him being banned from city libraries for one monthAccording to a police report filed by local officials and reported by local media
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3/30/18Sucker-punched someone in the back of the head and attempted to run away from the police but got caughtAccording to an exclusive report by The Washington Post
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David NarramoreFmr. Letcher County GOP Chair7/19/17Solicited a stranger for sex in a department store bathroom by using a code (tapping his foot several times) and then exposed himself to the same person and later had to be tased and physically subdued by several police officers after he fought being placed under arrestAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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John CouchFmr. Mayor Candidate [R-IN]10/27/14Threw a toilet lid at police officers and so violently resisted arrest that police had to deploy a stun gun to subdue himAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets