The Texas Tribune reports on a dust up between Rep. Borris Miles and a DPS trooper assigned to protect Attorney General Ken Paxton at the Vince Young Steakhouse in Austin.  Miles apparently wanted to speak with Paxton who was having dinner with state representatives and others in a private room at the restaurant when he was stopped by the officer.  Profanity ensued.

Miles claimed the plain clothes trooper did not identify himself until after he had placed his hands on the lawmaker.

 “A white man just walks up to me and starts grabbing me,” Miles said. “What do you do?” 

The DPS report confirms at least part of Miles’s story.

“When I saw Rep. Miles make a move for the door, I stood up, grabbed his arm to divert his attention to me and told him he was not allowed to go into the room.  . . I then positioned myself between him and the door. At this point, Rep. Miles became belligerent with me, using excessive profanity.”