State Senator Justine Wadsack (R-Tucson) is filing a lawsuit against Tucson after its police department and city prosecutors pursued criminal charges against her relating to a traffic stop in March.
Wadsack did not receive a speeding ticket during the stop and denied to the police officer that she was traveling 71 on Speedway Blvd in the city. Although the officer told her he caught her on the radar driving that fast, the Tucson Police Department (TPD) admitted later there was no radar evidence.
Wadsack’s attorney, Brad Miller, appeared on Garret Lewis’s KFYI talk show Afternoon Addiction last week to discuss the prosecution and lawsuit, where he said that “a lot of things came out in the media that just were not true.”
“From the very beginning, we smelled something funny about how Tucson Police acted in this matter,” he said.
Four months after Wadsack (pictured above) was pulled over, Tucson prosecutors filed criminal speeding charges against her and issued a speeding ticket. She said she believes the media coverage and attention amplified by her more moderate primary opponent, Vince Leach, immediately prior to the July 31 primary election caused her loss to him. Prior to the publicity, the lifelong Tucson native said another state senator told her that she was ahead of him by 13 points.
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