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Ron DeSantis: “It wasn't obvious to the troopers at the time that there was…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 34:09

So you had three witnesses that were dead, killed in the crash. You have Singh and then his passenger, neither of whom spoke English. So you have a crash scene. It wasn't obvious to the troopers at the time that there was a criminal offense that had been committed. And so they obviously had to clear the road to make sure everyone was in. But they understood this guy. They had his information. They did what was right. (34:09–34:15)

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Asserts that troopers did not initially identify a criminal offense at the crash scene.

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