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 what turned out to be his cellphone.
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The trooper’s affidavit was released Wednesday and provides details about the Nov. 27 arrest in Lawrence of state Rep. Aaron Coleman, (D-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 I-70, left the highway and stopped in a parking area.