Packers Running Back Josh Jacobs Sues to Block Release of Police Video
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Josh Jacobs plays football for the Green Bay Packers.
He is a running back. He joined a woman in a lawsuit. They want to stop the police from sharing some records and a video.
The records are about a battery case. Battery means someone hurt another person.
Jacobs wants the video to stay sealed. Sealed means people cannot see it.
The lawsuit is against a police department in Wisconsin. Jacobs plays for a team from Wisconsin.
The case is still happening. We do not know the final answer yet.
Vocabulary15 words
- running back
- a player who carries the ball in American football
- lawsuit
- a legal case in court
- battery
- when someone hurts another person on purpose
- sealed
- closed so people cannot see it
- records
- official papers or files about something
- police department
- a group of police who work in one area
- release
- to let something become public
- evidence
- things used to show what happened
- case
- a problem that goes to court
- join
- to do something together with someone
- block
- to stop something from happening
- team
- a group of players
- file
- to start a legal action
- permanent
- forever; not changing
- video
- moving pictures with sound
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1. A running back for the Packers 2. The release of records and video 3. A battery case
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Josh Jacobs plays football for the Green Bay _____.
He is a _____ _____. He joined a woman in a _____.
They want to stop the _____ from sharing some records and a _____.
The records are about a _____ case.
Jacobs wants the video to stay _____.
The lawsuit is against a police department in _____.
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