Shadowing Practice: Woman Drives Through Crowd Because She's Late - Learn English Speaking with YouTube
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I apologize, but I do need to go.
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I apologize, but I do need to go.
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So, can I move this?
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No. The road's closed.
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But that's what I'm saying.
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And all these residents, there's only one way out.
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I understand, but it was advertised.
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Yeah, so they told me to move my car here.
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Right.
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But the road is closed and you can't let people out, okay?
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Okay.
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So, like I said, I apologize,
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but I'm not going to move people.
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No, you can't.
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You can't move the cones.
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The road's closed.
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10 serving units at the Potomac Place.
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I apologize for the inconvenience.
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I'd be happy to call you a taxi.
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There has to be another way.
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I'm not taking the taxi daughter to Virginia.
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I work in Virginia.
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I understand.
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And I apologize for the inconvenience. But, unfortunately...
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I don't have to come back.
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I just need to get out.
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I need to get out.
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Is there any way you can call somebody?
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I can't.
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Unfortunately, there's several people that I've had to say that can't come out.
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This is just one of those times where I can't let you out.
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I'm not trying to be against the Hawaii law,
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but I've got to go.
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I understand.
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I can't have you do that.
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But I have to.
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Stop.
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You cannot move this.
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I have to.
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I'm telling you right now.
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I've got to go to work.
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What do you want me to do?
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I have to go to work.
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You cannot get out.
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I can't help you with that.
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Please do not disturb this area.
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I might have to.
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Ma'am.
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I'm so sorry.
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Ma'am, you're going to be placed under arrest.
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10 of the vehicle trying to run through the roadblock.
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It's 2 George Lincoln, 466.
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Stop!
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Stop your car.
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Stop!
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Stop!
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What the weapon?
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10, there's a lady running down the street.
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Stop!
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We're at 6 now.
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Stop!
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Stop!
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Stop!
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Get out of the car.
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Get out of the car.
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Get out of the car.
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You're under arrest.
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Okay, okay, okay!
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Damn it!
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Okay, I'm just trying to get to work!
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I just need to get to work!
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Okay!
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I'm done.
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All right, y'all gotta record.
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I'm just trying to get to work.
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I live in new apartments and there's no other way out.
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Call my mom!
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Oh, okay, okay.
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Relax.
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Relax.
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Stop.
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Stop.
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Ten to Adam, five, secure that vehicle.
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Move your arm off!
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Stop!
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Everything's on camera, stop.
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I don't care!
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This is uncomfortable!
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Look at my mom, he's right there!
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Can you just call her?
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You are under arrest.
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Sit.
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Turn around, sit on the wall.
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Sit.
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Okay, you can stop touching me.
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So, can I knock on my mom?
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Do you have any injuries?
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What?
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Do you have any injuries?
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No. Okay.
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Stop.
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Just sit on the wall.
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I just need to go to f***ing work.
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Well, you're under arrest, so stop.
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Bro, where's my phone?
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Just call my mom.
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Oh, so you can get my girl away, so let me go.
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Let me go.
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Let me go.
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I'm just trying to go to work, bro.
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Stop.
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Relax.
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Oh, stop!
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Stop!
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I'm just trying to go to work.
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I'm literally, all I'm trying to do is go to work.
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Right there.
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Right there, that's good.
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Are you gonna stop and sit?
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I'm trying.
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Sit.
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You may sit.
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You may not stand up.
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You may sit.
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Oh no. Guys.
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So you can sit.
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Is there a key key flop?
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I don't know.
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And somebody is live on their phone like,
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so I just turned the phone over.
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Where's the phone?
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On the other seat, sir.
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Okay.
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Looks like the mother is okay.
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I got the phone.
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I'm just getting her ID too.
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I wasn't gonna hit nobody.
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You almost hit 25 people coming out of that street.
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Almost hit me.
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All you had to do was listen to me and you could have left.
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Instead, you bumped me with your car and then drove down the street and almost hit 16, 15 people.
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What is wrong with you?
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I'm trying to get to work.
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Okay.
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We said you couldn't drive.
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You could have taken an Uber,
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but no. You wanted to drive your car out in the middle of the street.
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And I told you my circumstances, so.
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Your circumstances don't justify your behavior.
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Is it a key fob or what?
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Yeah, it'd be a key fob for this push and start.
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Let's turn it off.
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I don't know if you see what I get wrong.
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Maybe a judge can make reason with you.
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Okay, all right.
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Can you take me out of these cuffs?
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They're uncomfortable.
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You're on your arrest.
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You're going to jail.
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Okay, stop touching me.
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Just get off me then.
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Just stop touching me.
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Then sit and stop trying to get off me.
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I'm not getting off of you.
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I'm not about to do nothing.
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Based on your behavior, I don't trust the words coming out of your mouth.
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All right, all right, all right.
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All right, stop doing it.
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Damn.
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As more officers arrive on scene,
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one of them brings new information about the incident possibly being premeditated.
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This is a plan saying her male counterpart asked if she could get out.
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Officer Kadiri gave them an option that he would escort them,
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that was like over an hour ago,
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to get them out of 7th Street.
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They didn't come out to do it at that time,
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and she just did all this, so.
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So you guys have prior interactions?
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Not with her.
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The male half.
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I don't know if it's boyfriend, husband, whatever.
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They only have to take the meet two and a half hours.
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All right, now, for real,
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can you tell my mom?
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No, you're an adult.
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How old are you?
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It's not about the age.
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It's about where she's at.
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She's right there.
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What's the date of birth to you?
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96. Okay.
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Yeah, you're an adult.
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I never said I wasn't.
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I'm just saying she's right there.
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Like, literally, right there.
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Okay.
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You're an adult.
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Okay.
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Stay there.
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Don't pull away.
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Don't pull away.
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We don't need any more of this.
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You're fine.
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You're fine.
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You're fine.
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Just be gentle.
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That's all of an ass.
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I gotta go to the station do some paperwork.
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It's really being charged.
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I'll be back.
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They're gonna call it an evening unit
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So transport hey since you dealt with the boyfriend earlier about the situation you mind doing a Yeah,
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just give me kind of the rundown on what that was this morning Yeah,
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so basically yeah, I guess he went up to Wagner.
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He asked him could he get out and that was at 7th
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and Main Right like I said no
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so he came up to me basically just like hey my girl gotta go to work Get out.
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I was like hey should I pay attention?
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Yeah, so I was like hey,
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I'll go talk to the officer I was like,
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she's there's no way she's going to be able to get out.
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But if she comes outside right now,
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I can escort you up there.
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If the officer is OK with it, we get out.
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So he's like, perfect.
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So he went inside, but he never came back out.
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I guess essentially she came out whenever she was ready and just,
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like she was made aware because that's part of the boyfriend.
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How do we know that that's her boyfriend?
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We don't other than him just saying,
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like coming out to the state,
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my girlfriend needs to get out.
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Hey real quick, you're not injured, right?
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No. Okay, cause we have a fire board here.
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They'll check you out.
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I'm fine, thank you.
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Are you diabetic or anything?
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No. Do you have any conditions that we would need to know about for your safety?
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Okay make work.
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She ain't gonna make work.
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No. The barrels are there with the tape crossing.
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She pulls up, I said,
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hey, I'm sorry, the road's closed.
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She's like, no, I'm not trying to cause an issue,
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but I'm getting out.
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And she gets out of her car, rips down the tape.
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I stand in front of her car, I'm like, stop.
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Like, you can't go.
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And I start calling the tag out,
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and she just pushes me out of the way,
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goes tearing down the street.
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I'm running after her car.
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Firefighters start pounding on her head.
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So we yoked her out of the car after that.
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Because people only care about themselves.
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We talked to the fire department,
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anybody that's down there, if there's any witness information for the use of force,
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Can we get witness information?
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Can we put your feet down?
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Command 1st, 2nd, Charlie 3.
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We're going in this car right here.
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Charlie 3.
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Oh, cold guy.
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May I have a shoe before I go?
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Are there shoes in that car?
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That's a lot of motion.
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Thank you.
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Do you have anything in your pockets?
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No. Hang on.
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Add it to every, add it to every direct bathroom.
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Oh, no. Just going to reach across me.
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This suspect, 28-year-old Kai Debery Bostic,
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was charged with second-degree assault,
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two counts of resisting arrest,
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disorderly conduct, failure to obey a reasonable and lawful order, and reckless endangerment.
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During her first appearance in court,
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her attorney stated that Kai was trying to get to work,
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and the incident was an unfortunate reaction to police instructions.
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The judge pushed back and said the incident was an extremely dangerous situation,
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and subsequently denied bond for the suspect.
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Kai later took a plea deal,
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pleading guilty to failure to obey a reasonable and lawful order,
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while all other charges were dismissed.
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She was sentenced to 13 days in jail and two years of probation.
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Road closures don't really make officers nervous,
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but the people who emotionally break down because of them do.
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Festival details teach officers something real quick.
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It only takes one person deciding the rules suddenly don't apply to them for hundreds of people to become vulnerable at once.
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That's why scenes like this get taken seriously immediately.
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Back in 2021, six people were killed
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and more than 60 injured after a driver forced their way into a Christmas parade crowd in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
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Now that incident changed how law enforcement looks at vehicles entering production areas.
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And honestly, the line between frustration and tragedy gets real thin once a vehicle enters a crowd.
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Context & Background
The video titled "Woman Drives Through Crowd Because She's Late" captures a tense interaction between a woman desperate to leave a blocked area and a traffic officer enforcing road closures. The conversation reflects the challenges individuals face when time constraints collide with regulations, highlighting the urgency and frustration in the woman's tone. This situational dialogue is useful for English learners, as it features everyday language use in a stressful context. Such scenarios are common in daily communication, making it essential for learners to practice and understand these types of interactions.
Top 5 Phrases for Daily Communication
- "I apologize for the inconvenience." - A polite way to express regret for causing trouble.
- "Can I move this?" - A question asking for permission to change a situation.
- "The road's closed." - A simple statement explaining a blockage or restriction.
- "I understand, but..." - A common phrase to acknowledge someone's point while providing your perspective.
- "I have to go to work." - A straightforward expression of obligation that many can relate to.
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- Record Yourself: Use your phone or computer to record your practice. This step allows you to hear your pronunciation and intonation, which is essential for mastering spoken English.
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What is the Shadowing Technique?
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