Woman calls cops on black Oregon lawmaker campaigning in her district

While campaigning in her district, the cops were called on a black lawmaker as she was meeting voters door to door.

Rep. Janelle Bynum represents the 51st District in the Oregon House of Representatives, which encompasses Clackamas County, where she was canvassing a neighborhood when the police were called Tuesday. The Democrat was 1.5 miles away from her own home at the time, she said.

Bynum told ABC News that upon being approached by the officer, she was in disbelief and just “wanted to know why I had triggered suspicion.”

The officer mentioned that the caller was suspicious because she was spending a lot of time typing at the end of driveways, Bynum said.

“She is not in any business or has any badge or anything," the caller stated on the 911 call, adding that “she spends more time at the end of the driveway when people aren’t home.”