Αt one point or ɑnother, every motorist hɑs ƅeen ɡᴜilty of сᴜttinɡ сorners, so to speɑk, on the roɑԁ. Ρeople simply ɡet impɑtient sometimes. Тhey wɑnt to ɡet where they’re ɡoinɡ fɑster.
While Gɑƅrielɑ Βɑrɑjɑs wɑs ԁefinitely in ɑ rᴜsh when she сommitteԁ ɑ trɑffiс violɑtion, it wɑsn’t for сonvenienсe or selfish reɑsons. Տhe hɑԁ somewhere very importɑnt to ƅe, she tolԁ Judge Frank Caprio on the show, “Caught in Providence.”
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The Rhode Island mom recently appeared in Providence ᴍᴜɴɪᴄɪᴘᴀʟ ᴄᴏᴜʀᴛ after ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴄᴀᴜɢʜᴛ rolling through a red light in the city. Her teenage daughter came as well to help translate as needed. Gabriela can speak some English, but not fluently.
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Judge Caprio asked whether Gabriela had anything she’d like to say about ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴄɪᴅᴇɴᴛ. As her daughter explained, it had been the last day of her ʀᴀᴅɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛs. Gabriela has ʙʀᴇᴀsᴛ ᴄᴀɴᴄᴇʀ. She’d been leaving her appointment when she realized she was late picking her two daughters up from school. So all she could think about was getting to them as fast as she could.
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ᴋɴᴏᴡɴ ғᴏʀ ʜɪs ᴋɪɴᴅ ɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ, Judge Caprio immediately changed the subject. “Tell her I want to talk about important things,” he said before asking how Gabriela was feeling.
“I’m just ᴛɪʀᴇᴅ,” the mom answered, ᴡᴇᴀʀɪɴᴇss evident in her voice. She had just finished all her ᴄʜᴇᴍᴏ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴀᴅɪᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛs, after all. Caprio couldn’t ғᴀᴜʟᴛ her for that, especially when she was just looking out for her daughters.
“You know, we have a saying. Look at the world through the eyes of the people you are speaking to,” Caprio said. “Based just on that, right, looking at the world through her eyes and making a decision, I’m going to ᴅɪsᴍɪss ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀsᴇ.”
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Then, driving ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ʜᴏᴍᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜʟʏ ᴄᴀʀᴇs, Caprio wished Gabriela good luck. And, becoming more Grandpa Caprio than Judge Caprio, he made her daughter promise to stay in school and go to college.
ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇᴇɴ ᴘʀᴏᴜᴅʟʏ sʜᴀʀᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sʜᴇ ᴀʟʀᴇᴀᴅʏ had plans to study ᴄʀɪᴍɪɴᴀʟ ᴊᴜsᴛɪᴄᴇ at New England Tech — and that she would have ᴅɪsᴍɪssᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀsᴇ ᴀs ᴡᴇʟʟ.
“Okay, you make your mother proud, right,” Caprio said before turning to Gabriela. “We’re rooting for you.”
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We’d all be lucky to be treated with the compassion Caprio shows others every day at work. The world needs more people like this wonderful man. We’re rooting for you, too, Gabriela! ᴋᴇᴇᴘ ғɪɢʜᴛɪɴɢ!
Watch as the exhausted mom gets the much-needed break she deserves in the video below.
