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Late on the night of May 3, near the intersection of Edmondson and Nolensville pikes, a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper pulled over a Chevrolet HHR with a light out. 

The trooper approached the vehicle and, in an upbeat tone, asked, “Hey, how are you?”

“I’m fine, man,” said Eduardo, a chatty man in a red USA sweatshirt.

Then, as seen in a 31-minute body camera video, Eduardo offered that he was going home and knew he had a broken light. After being asked, he o...

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