{"id":455803,"date":"2021-04-26T12:08:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T16:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=455803"},"modified":"2021-04-26T12:08:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T16:08:44","slug":"watch-police-dashcam-footage-shows-michigan-lawmaker-threatening-officers-during-alleged-drunk-driving-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-police-dashcam-footage-shows-michigan-lawmaker-threatening-officers-during-alleged-drunk-driving-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Police Dashcam Footage Shows Michigan Lawmaker Threatening Officers During Alleged Drunk-Driving Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-police-dashcam-footage-shows-michigan-lawmaker-threatening-officers-during-alleged-drunk-driving-incident%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=455803&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3772.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Democratic state Rep. Jewell Jones of Michigan was caught on police dashcam fighting with officers and threatening to call Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer after crashing his car into a ditch.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, 26, was reportedly drunk at the time of the accident, measuring a blood-alcohol content over .17, more than twice the legal limit in Michigan. The lawmakers is also accused of assaulting paramedics and officers that responded to the crash.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, police released dashcam footage from April 6 of officers apprehending Jones. The footage shows Jones arguing with officers and refusing to identify himself before officers wrestle him to the ground. The lawmaker then appears to threaten the officers with reporting them to the governor and using his authority as a state lawmaker to slash police funding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not going to be good for you. I run you all\u2019s budget, bro,\u201d Jones can be heard telling the officers after they tackle him to the ground. \u201cWhen I call Gretchen, I\u2019ll need y\u2019all IDs and badge numbers, everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll call Governor Whitmer right now. Just let me get up. I\u2019m a state rep. I\u2019m going to give it to you,\u201d Jones says.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.0118577075099\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michigan Rep. Jewell Jones crashes car drunk with handgun in cupholder, resists arrest, then tells officers he&#8217;ll call Gov. Whitmer if they don&#8217;t let him go! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lJgMxnDUzg\">https:\/\/t.co\/lJgMxnDUzg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uKyjZKRIT8\">pic.twitter.com\/uKyjZKRIT8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Not_the_Bee\/status\/1386451373739347970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Police said they used a taser twice on the Michigan lawmaker as well as pepper spray while subduing him. Officers found a gun in the cupholder of Jones\u2019 Chevy Tahoe.<\/p>\n<p>Jones attorney Ali Hammoud responded to the arrest in a statement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/michigan-lawmaker-drops-governor-s-name-during-dui-arrest-state-n1265103\">NBC News<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"27\">\n<p><em>In a lengthy statement, Jones\u2019 attorney, Ali Hammoud, called his client a dedicated public servant, denied the lawmaker resisted arrest and insisted \u201che was not threatening the officers in any way.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe was fully cooperative,\u201d Hammoud said. \u201cThe officers decided to throw Representative Jones to the ground and three of them held him down, crushing him under their weight. The officers also tased Representative Jones in his head, causing memory loss and leaving scars that are visible to this day. They used so much pepper spray on his face that his eyes still appear profoundly red and swollen.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When asked if Jones dropped Whitmer\u2019s name or mentioned the state police budget during the April 6 encounter, Hammoud didn\u2019t completely discount that police narrative.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnything he said regarding budgets and the governor was an attempt to stop them from using excessive force,\u201d Hammoud told NBC News.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jones has been charged with resisting arrest, driving while intoxicated, reckless driving, and possessing a firearm while intoxicated. He faces a minimum two-year prison sentence, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/michigan-dem-lawmaker-resisting-dui-arrest-threatens-to-call-gov-whitmer\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michigan-democrat-warned-state-troopers-after-stop-for-driving-drunk-report-says\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported on Jones arrest last week:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"26.872266973533\">\n<p><em>A Michigan Democrat who serves as the state\u2019s Democratic vice chairman of the House Military, Veterans and Homeland Security Committee, threatened state police that he would alert Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D), adding that he ran the state\u2019s police budget, before he was charged with driving drunk and resisting police officers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>On April 6, Rep. Jewell Jones, who is\u00a0serving his third term as a state legislator and the youngest-ever representative elected to serve in the state House, was reportedly driving his Chevy Tahoe and weaving in and out of lanes, then rolled into a ditch,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/local\/michigan\/2021\/04\/21\/lawmaker-arrest-jewell-jones-michigan-call-whitmer\/7329014002\/\">The Detroit News<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cFor almost 50 miles, witnesses reported, the vehicle with the vanity plate \u2018ELECTED\u2019 was driving so recklessly earlier this month that at least one person saw the car go the wrong way before it rolled into a ditch,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2021\/04\/22\/michigan-dwi-jewell-jones-whitmer\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0added.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic state Rep. Jewell Jones of Michigan was caught on police dashcam fighting with officers and threatening to call Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer after crashing his car into a ditch.Jones, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276723,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3772.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Police Dashcam Footage Shows Michigan Lawmaker Threatening Officers During Alleged Drunk-Driving Incident","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-455803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3772.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Police Dashcam Footage Shows Michigan Lawmaker Threatening Officers During Alleged Drunk-Driving Incident","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}