PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida (WPTV) — New video shows Palm Beach Gardens police stopped Michael Rodrigues for speeding about three hours before he was arrested at Palm Beach International Airport with weapons in his car.

The 11-minute traffic stop was captured on an officer’s body camera, which WPTV requested through a public records request. The footage shows the stop started around 3:18 a.m., after an officer said Rodrigues was speeding at 90 mph.

Rodrigues, according to the footage, immediately exited his vehicle without receiving instructions and walked towards the officer. He initially said he was on his way to the hospital to visit his brother.

“My brother is sick,” Rodrigues said to the officer. “My brother is really sick so I just had to get there. I’m all he’s got… My brother ha

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