A state lawmaker from southern Indiana was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of drunken driving after crashing his vehicle at an Interstate 65 interchange and leaving the scene, state police said.
, who was first elected to the Legislature in 2012, is a prominent supporter of loosening state gun laws and marijuana legalization. He has faced controversy several times for what critics called racist social media posts, including in 2020 when he posted a meme that showed black children in diapers dancing with the caption, “We gon’ get free money!”
His legislative office and a spokeswoman for House Speaker Todd Huston didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment about his arrest. Police were called soon after midnight Wednesday about a vehicle crashing into a guardrail at the I-65 and Indiana 11 interchange just north of
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