MN Legislator's Tweet About NBA, Street Crime Gets Hundreds of Responses
Monday, March 10, 2014 - 5:44am
FOX 21 News, KQDS-DT
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota legislator's tweet about the NBA has prompted hundreds of responses, with many on social media calling it racist.
State Representative Pat Garofalo sent a tweet Sunday that read:
"Let's be honest, 70% of teams in NBA could fold tomorrow + nobody would notice a difference w/ possible exception of increase in streetcrime.''
The Star Tribune reports that when asked about the tweet, the Farmington Republican said he was "talking about NBA's high arrest rate."