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The incident, which occurred on August 3, 2025, has raised serious questions about the council member’s conduct and his stance on the local police department.
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A local city council member is facing backlash after a heated exchange with police officers, which was all captured on body camera footage. The incident, which occurred on August 3, 2025, has raised serious questions about the council member’s conduct and his stance on the local police department.
Smithfield City Council member Ted Stokes is under scrutiny after a tense confrontation with police officers at his home. The officers had responded to a complaint regarding a car crash involving Stokes’ son. While the crash resulted in only minor injuries—a bloody nose—Stokes did not take kindly to the police response.
Body camera footage obtained by The Herald Journal shows Stokes threatening to shrink the city’s police force, suggesting that only five officers should remain on the department. He also mocked the officers and criticized their training.
“I promise you I will do everything in my power as a city council member to make sure these guys are defunded,” Stokes is heard saying in the video. “There will be five police officers in this town because this is unbelievable.”
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Just before President Joe Biden spoke to a crowd at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah’s Republican governor took the microphone.
“There has been some question over whether or not the governor of the state of Utah would welcome the president of a different party,” said Gov. Spencer Cox. “I think it's insane that we are having those conversations in our country today.”
That line earned loud applause from the crowd gathered to hear from Biden, who was wrapping up a multi-day swing through the western United States.
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