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The View co-host Sunny Hostin tried to talk cops out of arresting her son by repeatedly name-dropping her show and legal background, newly released bodycam footage shows. Hostin, 57, pleaded with cops not to issue her Harvard-educated son Gabriel, 24, a trespassing citation after he was stopped by officers for walking along train tracks last month. The TV star showed up to the scene to save her son on the Metro-North Railroad tracks in Westchester County, New York, and wasted no time telling the officers who she was. 'My name is Sunny Hostin and I’m one of the co-hosts of...

This video from Black Conservative Perspective provides commentary on recently released police bodycam footage involving Gabriel Hostin, the 24-year-old son of The View co-host Sunny Hostin. Key events and points covered in the video: The Incident: Gabriel Hostin was detained by police in Westchester County, New York, for trespassing on active Metro-North Railroad tracks (4:00 - 4:45). Officers explained that this is a dangerous area where people are frequently struck by trains and that they were performing a mandatory subject stop for safety reasons (6:05 - 6:30, 8:12 - 8:28). Sunny Hostin’s Involvement: While on the phone with her son...