Current Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell was arrested on weapons charges nearly three decades ago in Iowa. The charges were dropped, but the mayor has not spoken about the ordeal until recently. He believes he was racially profiled in the incident.

Harrell paused his State of the City speech to trick the crowd into thinking an NBA expansion announcement was coming.

Newly surfaced court records reveal Mayor Bruce Harrell was arrested on weapons and assault charges nearly three decades ago, though he’s only now sharing his own version of the events publicly.