(upbeat bass music) Mohammed Al Farres. Good evening, you wanna get close to the microphone? Get close. I am not speak English, I am speak English a little bit. Okay.
My daughter help me. Hi. (laughter) Now, you gonna help us out with your mommy? You gonna talk to your mommy in your language? Yeah.
Okay. Tell your mommy that she is charged with speeding. (speaks foreign language) Now ask her if there's anything she wishes to tell me, and tell her to speak into the microphone, and then you will tell me what she says, okay? (speaks foreign language) I am sorry. I'm sorry. Understand, I am live here in three years. (speaks foreign language) She said she doesn't know what the rules is, so that's why, she doesn't understand. All right. Tell her she was speeding in a school zone and if there's anything she wants to tell me about that. (speaks foreign language) She said she was going fast because I was sick, so that's why she was fast. That's why she went fast, 'cause you were sick? Mm-hmm. Okay, come up here. Come on, Marca. Okay, tell us your name. Marca. And how old are you? Eight years old. Where do you go to school? Greystone Tiger. What is your favorite subject? Math. Math, that's excellent! What do you wanna do when you get big? Be a doctor. A doctor. She's gonna be a doctor, we're gonna need her, okay?. (chuckles) Now, did you hear your mother's explanation? Yeah. You heard it, right. Now, what do you think of that explanation? Was it a good explanation, was it just okay, or was it something you think is worthwhile of consideration, what d'you think? I think it just okay. Just okay. She don't think your explanation was that good, just okay, right?
Mm-hmm. So if you had to make a decision, you'd have three decisions. You could charge her $50, you could charge her half of that, or you could charge her nothing. Now now based on her explanation how much would you charge her? $50.
(laughing) $50. Hold that. Bang it and say "$50" (bangs gavel twice)
$50. (chuckles) 50! (people chatting)
Five, five dollars. She's a law and order doctor! Okay, now I'm gonna ask you another question. Would you reconsider your decision because she came in here. Now, is your dad here as well? Yeah. Okay, so your father is here, and your mom is here, and taking all of that into consideration, would you reconsider your decision, or are you gonna stick with the $50? Reconsider. You're gonna reconsider? Okay. Good evening, sir. Good evening. Okay. So, upon reconsideration, how much do you think you wanna charge her, if anything? Nothing. You wanna charge her nothing? Well then, you have to bang the gavel and say, "Case dismissed." (bangs gavel twice)
Case dismissed. Wow! (applause)
(laughing) Good evening, sir. Good evening. You have a wonderful daughter here, she's gonna be a great doctor someday. She's gonna save a lot of lives, and I'm sure she makes you proud now? She's gonna make you even more proud. Yeah. But you have done, you've both performed a great service raising such a wonderful young child, so God bless both of you. Good luck to you! Thank you for helping me out. You're welcome. Okay. (laughing) What language do you speak? Arabic
Arabic. Arabic?
Yeah. Well, I wish I could help, I don't speak Arabic, but-- I have family new here. You have family here? Three year in your America. Three years in America? Yeah. I'm sorry. And where are you from? Syria. Syria?
Yes. How many children, just this one child? Yeah.
Yeah. What do you prefer? You prefer living here or Syria? (speaks foreign language) No, here (laughs). Here, huh? Well, welcome to America! Thank you. (applause) Thank you, and I love people here, very much. Okay.
Thank you. (bass guitar chord) Three years ago, our country gave refuge to Mohammed and his family as they fled the terrible war in Syria, and I'm glad we did. They have quickly become a positive addition to our community, they're learning our language, coming to court to fulfill their civil obligations, and raising a wonderful daughter who someday wants to become a doctor. Study hard, Marca, America needs good doctors and we're counting on you to become one of them. (bass guitar music) Come on! How cool was that? If you'd like to see more cases like this one, tune in to "Caught in Providence" every weekday. Excuse me? You didn't know "Caught in Providence" is also a TV show? Oh, wow! Your life just got substantially better. To find out what channel we're on, go to caughtinprovidence.com, click on your local listings, scroll down till you find your home town, then start doin' your happy dance. (swoosh) That's it. Move it, move it. Nice. [Narrator] All rise and hit subscribe so you don't miss the latest viral moments like this one. Share these videos and weigh in on the cases. You be the judge. Subscribe now.
TV judges are really weird
Its good to see that the perspective from an immigrant/refugee family that they enjoy living in the US.
I get that war torn Syria isn't exactly competition but Americans are told so often how we are a racist country and terrible to immigrants. I like seeing someone say they like the people.
I lived in Providence from 1998 to 2002. This guy was famous even back then.
Side note: Does anyone remember the strange TV show that was on some public broadcast type channel in Providence that had this really skinny girl and this big fat guy that talked about KISS and had people call in and make fun of them all the time? It was the weirdest shit I've ever seen but highly entertaining.
This is wholesome for sure, but getting a kid to interpret in a legal proceeding is really not safe, for the family or the girl herself.
The dude in green behind them was NOT having it