Bodycam shows North Dakota lawmaker hurling racist and homophobic slurs in DUI arrest

A Republican lawmaker has conceded that he “messed up” after he hurled homophobic and racist abuse at police officers during an arrest for driving under the influence.

North Dakota State Representative Nico Rios was pulled over in his vehicle on 15 December after veering in and out of his lane, according to the Associated Press.

He was subsequently charged with two misdemeanours of driving while drunk and refusing to provide a chemical test.

In the police report, an officer penned that Mr Rios “was verbally abusive, homophobic, racially abusive and discriminatory” toward him “for the entire duration of the incident following roadside testing”.

Following the incident, the North Dakota Republican posted an apology on X admitting that he had “messed up”.

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