As Derrick Thompson stands trial on gun, drug charges, jury watches video of crash that killed 5

Derrick Thompson, 28, who is the son of former DFL state Rep. John Thompson, also has third-degree murder and criminal vehicular homicide charges pending in Hennepin County. This week’s federal trial is on charges of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, being a felon in possession of a firearm and carrying a firearm “during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.”