Police officer video footage detailing the arrest of Hope Solo is now available to the public. Reporters from <a href="https:\/\/www.qcnews.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Queen City News,</a> the FOX affiliate in Charlotte, NC, went through a lengthy legal fight to acquire the body camera footage stemming from Solo’s arrest.



The Winston-Salem Police Department near Charlotte, NC, <a href="https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com/2022/07/26/former-us-womens-goalie-solo-convicted-of-driving-impaired-reports/">arrested the former United States Women’s National Team star</a> goalkeeper on the night of March 31, 2022. Solo was allegedly asleep in her car in a Walmart parking lot. She had her two children in the backseat. 



Initially resisting the police officers’ commands, the officers pulled Solo out of her vehicle. Officers said they could smell a ‘sweet aroma,’ despite Solo claiming she did not have any alcohol.



When the officers took Solo in, her <a href="https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com/news/former-us-womens-goalie-solo-begins-alcohol-treatment-20220429-CMS-382194.html">blood alcohol content tested at .24</a>, three times the legal limit. Additionally, Solo tested positive for THC-9, the active ingredient in Marijuana. 



Despite the police department and attorneys fighting to keep the body camera video private, the public can now see the arrest of Hope Solo. 



Queen City News released the clips of the arrest in a special segment, “Hope Lost,” shown below.



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<h2>Hope Solo arrest video</h2>



In the above segment, Queen City News describes the challenge of obtaining the body camera footage. The station sued the police department and met with the officials to request the video on seven separate times before it received the recordings. Reason being, North Carolina police videos are not public records. 



Hope Solo’s defense attorneys sat alongside police and Winston-Salem City attorney Lori Sykes. The defenders of the video wanted to protect Solo’s right to a fair trial, the identities of her children and the reputation of Hope Solo.



For many, Hope Solo’s reputation is that of elite goalkeeper for the USWNT. She helped the side to a World Cup title in 2015, as well as a runner-up finish in 2011. Plus, she is a two-time Olympic gold medalist.



Solo’s career ended unceremoniously in 2016 after she said the Sweden national team played like a “bunch of cowards.” Sweden defeated the USWNT in the Olympic quarterfinals at Rio 2016.



Earlier this year, <a href="https:\/\/worldsoccertalk.com/news/hope-solo-strikes-major-deal-siriusxm-soccer-podcast-20220227-CMS-372831.html">Hope Solo launched a podcast on SiriusXM FC</a> just weeks before the arrest.



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Queen City News out of the Charlotte area obtained body camera video from police officers on the night of the Hope Solo arrest.

New video shows Hope Solo on night of DWI arrest - World Soccer Talk

New video shows Hope Solo on night of DWI arrest

The summer games in London are right around the corner, but for the U.S. women’s national team the tournament is about more than a gold medal. &nbsp;It is a chance to put behind them the disappointing loss in last year’s Women’s World Cup and try to reclaim the mantle of the best team in the world. &nbsp;Despite the loss to Japan last year, this is not a&nbsp;Herculean&nbsp;feat; the amount of young talent maturing on this team mixed with proven veteran leadership like Abby Wambach should make the U.S. the favorites in this tournament. &nbsp;However, a familiar hindrance is raising its head days before the game, and one of the U.S.’s best weapons could again be flashing her dark side.
Hope Solo is quickly becoming the face of this team. &nbsp;She’s attractive, friendly to fans, confident, outspoken, and a damned good soccer player. &nbsp;Her appearance on Dancing With the Stars&nbsp;put her in front of a number of non-soccer fans and gained her even more celebrity. &nbsp;Without a doubt she is the best women’s keeper in the world and arguably could start for some MLS teams today. &nbsp;Having her between the pipes is one of the big reasons the U.S. is a favorite in this tournament, and her loss on the field could be near&nbsp;catastrophic. &nbsp;But as always it is her off-the-field antics that are causing problems for the team, and it is reaching the point where U.S. Soccer and her coach have to seriously consider whether she is worth the headache.
It is important to recap her history to put the latest incidents in context. &nbsp;Back in 2007, in an incident many U.S. fans have conveniently forgotten, then up-and-coming keeper Solo was famously involved in a major keeper controversy. Head coach Greg Ryan had pulled Solo out of the starting lineup before the big semifinal versus Brazil and replaced her with veteran Briana Scurry, one of the heroes of the 1999 World Cup. &nbsp;The move backfired massively and the U.S. entered a period of soccer parity with a number of other countries. &nbsp;After the match, <a href="http:\/\/articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/30/sports/sp-wccupdog30" target="_blank">Solo made this famous comment to reporters</a>:
<blockquote>“It was the wrong decision, and I think anybody that knows anything about the game knows that,” Solo said. “There’s no doubt in my mind I would have made those saves.
“And the fact of the matter is it’s not 2004 anymore. . . . It’s 2007, and I think you have to live in the present.
“And you can’t live by big names. You can’t live in the past. It doesn’t matter what somebody did in an Olympic gold-medal game in the Olympics three years ago. Now is what matters, and that’s what I think.”</blockquote>
The comments were chalked up to youth, Greg Ryan was let go and new coach Pia Sundhage saw Solo’s talent outweighing her mouth. &nbsp;Since that incident, the keeper has been on pretty good behavior and built her brand to the point where she is now on equal footing with teammate Wambach as being the face of the women’s soccer team. &nbsp;But Solo cannot seem to keep quiet and two published pieces threaten to destroy team unity right before the Olympics.
The first was an article printed in ESPN The Magazine’s “Body Issue” about <a href="http:\/\/espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/id/8133052/the-games-olympic-village-not-televised-espn-magazine" target="_blank">sex in the Olympic village</a>. &nbsp;She is quoted extensively in the article, relaying observations about the exploits of fellow Olympians and the lifestyle in the village; she even throws in an anecdote from the last Olympics about her exploits with an unnamed celebrity. &nbsp;But what is most damning is her stories about her teammates. &nbsp;After recounting her own closing night activities, she shares this behind-the-scenes information:
<blockquote>“When we were done partying, we got out of our nice dresses, got back into our stadium coats and, at 7 a.m. with no sleep, went on the Today show drunk. Needless to say, we looked like hell.“</blockquote>
Athletes having sex (and lots of it) is not shocking. &nbsp;Athletes doing interviews in, um, altered states or on little sleep is not shocking. &nbsp;But going on record and naming a specific incident is shocking, and an absolute violation of a locker room code that says what happens with teammates should stay with teammates. &nbsp;This story and this quote does nothing to really help the team’s brand but it does help the Solo brand. &nbsp;If I was a teammate, I would be none too pleased that my starting keeper is sharing how drunk I was on a major interview on a major network.
But this can be forgiven – interviews tend to sometimes reveal things that are unsavory and teams can forgive more outspoken superstars, especially if they are contributors on the field. &nbsp;What is harder to forgive is a tell-all biography.&nbsp;<a href="http:\/\/bleacherreport.com/articles/1265046-hope-solos-loose-talk-how-will-us-olympic-womens-soccer-team-react" target="_blank">Beau Dure has a good summary</a> of the pre-release reviews of the tell-all autobiography, which mainly focuses on her rough family life and sad relationship with her father. &nbsp;It’s her memories of the 2007 World Cup that will raise eyebrows as seemingly she will give her own, unedited perspective behind those famous quotes. &nbsp;If what <a href="http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/07/15/u-s-olympic-soccer-goalie-hope-solo-speaks.html" target="_blank">she told Andrew Romano</a> is any indication of what the book will contain, it will be a doosy:
<blockquote>“With guys, there might have been a couple of shoves into the locker. It would have been like, ‘Man, f–k you.’ But I don’t think there would have been personal attacks. And there definitely wouldn’t have been this follow-the-leader thing, where everyone just goes along with the popular players. We’re professional athletes. The goal should be to win.”</blockquote>
That goes beyond sharing a little gossip – that is directly trashing teammates and former teammates still involved with the team. &nbsp;While the book will come out after the Olympics, these quotes have to be known by the team and Solo is again making training sessions quite uncomfortable. &nbsp;Sundhage is now in the same place as Ryan, having to make the decision on what to do with an immensely talented but lightening rod player. &nbsp;She can hope it doesn’t ruin locker room chemistry and that winning solves all problems, with Solo being the team’s best chance to win by far. &nbsp;But what if this team doesn’t find gold, and what if just like 2007 it underachieves?
<blockquote>Now is what matters, and that’s what I think.</blockquote>
Questions will have to be answered, and the number one question will be: is Hope Solo worth it?

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