Dash camera footage from Michigan State Police shows a state representative name-dropping Gov. Gretchen Whitmer while he was getting arrested after allegedly driving under the influence.
Rep. Jewell Jones, 26, was arrested on April 6 for driving while drunk, resisting arrest, and possession of a firearm while intoxicated, though the video was only recently released. During the arrest footage, he can be heard refusing officers’ orders and referring to both the governor and Col. Joseph Gasper, the director of the Michigan State Police.
“I’m going to tell Gretchen [Whitmer],” Jones said. “You’re f—ing up. I’m going to get you on f—ing desk duty, bro.”
The incident began when Jones crashed his Chevrolet Tahoe into a ditch near Fowlerville, Michigan. The police were dispatched around 6 p.m. that day, according to the arrest report obtained by Click On Detroit.
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“Tell Joe who you got, and call f—ing Joe. I’m not sure he’s up or not. If he’s not up, wake him up,” he said in the back of the police car. “Tell Joe who you have. Tell Joe who you have handcuffed. OK? And then let me know you have me handcuffed, and let him know I’d like to go home. After that, let me go (expletive) home.”
BREAKING: Dash cam released of Democrat Rep Jewell Jones resisting arrest, threatening to call Gov Whitmer. He had just driven drunk into a ditch pic.twitter.com/8jndId62sp
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Jones, who represents Inkster in Wayne County, reportedly refused to give the officers his driver’s license, and eventually, the officers tackled him to the ground to subdue him. He continued not to follow the officers’ instructions while on the ground.
During the tussle, Jones was hit with a Taser twice, and the officers deployed pepper spray.
Jones “appeared to be highly intoxicated,” according to the police report. “There was a strong odor of intoxicants coming from him and his speech was slurred as he spoke. His eyes were red bloodshot. And glassy and his fine motor skills were poor.”
His blood alcohol concentration was 0.19, more than twice Michigan’s legal limit.
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Jones’s attorney, Ali Hammoud, previously told NBC News that “he was fully cooperative. The officers decided to throw Rep. Jones to the ground, and three of them held him down, crushing him under their weight. The officers also tased Rep. 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.”
“Anything he said regarding budgets and the governor was an attempt to stop them from using excessive force,” Hammoud said.
Neither he nor representatives from the governor’s office immediately responded to the Washington Examiner’s requests for comment.
