"You are going to be on national news, " Witherspoon allegedly told a Georgia state trooper as he handcuffed her on Atlanta's Peachtree Road early Friday morning.

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"People who in good times want to keep it private, probably are just copping out a little bit, " said Don Harp, senior minister at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church in Atlanta.

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Half a mile south is the 151-room St Regis Atlanta, a hotel that is as popular with locals as it is with out-of-towners due to its location at the intersection of mansion-lined West Paces Ferry Road and commercial Peachtree Road.

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"I think it's very hard, if not impossible, to change body mechanics, " said Dr. Perry Julien, a podiatrist who has treated Olympic runners and serves as the co-medical director of the world's biggest 10K, the Atlanta Peachtree Road Race.

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