Rochester district attorney issues apology after refusing to stop for police

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IT COULD SHOWING HOW MUCH TIME THEY WILL ALL FACE. >>> A DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN NEW YORK IS APOLOGIZING AFTER BEING CAUGHT ON VIDEO BERATING A POLICE OFFICER WHO TRIED TO PULL HER OVER. >> SHE DROVE HOME INSTEAD OF STOPPING. >> CAN YOU STAY OVER HERE, MA'AM. >> NO, I'M NOT STAYING HERE. >> IT'S A LEGAL TRAFFIC STOP. MA'AM, DO NOT GO INSIDE. >> OH MY GOD. >> MA'AM, COME OUTSIDE. YOU CAN'T GO INSIDE. >> I UNDERSTAND THE LAW BETTER THAN YOU. >> YOU ARE A D.A.? >> YOU KNOW WHAT I HAVE BEEN DEALING ABOUT? THREE MURDERS IN THE CITY. YOU THINK I REALLY CARE IF I WAS GOING 20 MILES OVER THE SPEED LIMIT? >> THE D.A. RELEASING AN APOLOGY VIDEO TODAY SAYING SHE WAS HAVING A BAD DAY AND PERSONALLY APOLOGIZED TO THE OFFICER. MIA, WHAT ELSE ARE WE HEARING FROM THE D.A. IN THE APOLOGY VIDEO? >> THE D.A. SAID SHE IS TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE WAY SHE ACTED AND HER BEHAVIOR WAS WRONG AND UNPROFESSIONAL SAYING SHE WAS DEALING WITH GRAPHIC CRIMES AT WORK AND A MEDICAL CONCERN FOR HER HUSBAND. TAKE A LISTEN. >> I HAD JUST COME FROM WORK, DEALING WITH THREE HOMICIDES THAT OCCURRED OVER THE WEEKEND, AND I WATCHED A VIDEO WHERE AN INNOCENT CAB DRIVER WAS EXECUTED, AND I WAS REELING FROM A FRIGHTENING MEDICAL CONCERN MY HUSBAND RECEIVED THAT AFTERNOON. WE ALL HAVE BAD DAYS AND STRESS, AND IT WAS WRONG TO TAKE IT OUT ON AN OFFICER WHO WAS SIMPLY DOING HIS JOB. >> SHE APOLOGIZED SAYING SHE FELL SHORT OF THE VALUES SHE HAS HELD FOR HER ENTIRE 33-YEAR CAREER AND PLANS TO GET ADDITIONAL TRAINING TO HANDLE HERSELF BETTER IN THE FUTURE. >> WE CAN ALL RELATE TO HAVING A BAD DAY, BUT THE WAY SHE SPOKE WAS TOUGH TO WATCH. WHAT ABOUT THE GOVERNOR? IS ANY FURTHER ACTION BEING TAKEN AGAINST THIS D.A.? >> THERE IS. GOVERNOR HOCHUL SAYS SANDRA USED HER PUBLIC OFFICE TO EVADE RESPONSIBILITY DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP, AND SHE HAS REFERRED THE CASE TO A STATE COMMISSION INVESTIGATING CONDUCT. AT ONE POINT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CALLS THE POLICE CHIEF AND ASKS HIM TO TELL THE POLICE OFFICER TO LEAVE. >> WHY ARE YOU SO UPSET AT ME? I'M DOING MY JOB. YOU JUST ADMITTED YOU WERE GOING 55 IN A 35. >> LEAVE ME ALONE. TALK TO DENNIS. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. >> HELLO, SIR. >> ALL NINE MEMBERS OF THE ROCHESTER CITY COUNCIL SENT A LETTER TO LETITIA JAMES TO
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Channel: NBC News
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Length: 2min 46sec (166 seconds)
Published: Mon Apr 29 2024
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