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Allegedly driving without plates and having dark tinted windows so they considered it a "high risk traffic stop". Caron Nazario who is a Black Hispanic pulled over when he felt it was safe enough where it was well lit. By the time the cops approached him, they could see that he did indeed have a temporary plate taped to the back window of his new vehicle. Mr. Nazario in full uniform identified himself, politely asked why he was stopped and hesitated getting out of the van telling them that he was afraid to. To that the officer responded (sic) Well you should be. WTF?! Well yeah... guns pointed at his head for a traffic stop??!! One officer then sprayed copious amounts of pepper spray in his face. That officer was subsequently fired and a lawsuit has been initiated.
"The complaint alleges that the officers' behavior is "consistent with a disgusting nationwide trend of law enforcement officers, who, believing they can operate with complete impunity, engage in unprofessional, discourteous, racially biased, dangerous, and sometimes deadly abuses of authority."
"Ultimately, Nazario was let go — but not before the officers "threatened Lt. Nazario's job and his commission in the United States Army if he spoke out knowing the harm criminal charges would cause him," the complaint says. That attempt to "extort" Nazario formed the basis of the complaint's argument that the officers violated Nazario's First Amendment rights."
The VA Attorney General's office of Civil Rights is now investigating the case and the department. There is a video within the article and frankly, it upset me when I watched this disgusting display by someone who is supposed to be upholding the law on World News Tonight.
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/11/9862...pepper-sprayed-black-army-lieutenant-is-fired
From another article, this is what the army's top enlisted soldier had to say:
"The Army's top enlisted soldier on Monday denounced an incident last December in which two police officers in Virginia pulled their guns on a Black and Latino lieutenant and pepper-sprayed him during a traffic stop – and he tied it to the military's broader efforts to address endemic racism and extremism in its ranks.
"Like many of you, I was concerned by the video of LT Nazario's traffic stop in December," Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston wrote in a series of tweets Monday afternoon. "He represented himself and our Army well through his calm, professional response to the situation – I'm very proud of him."
"The complaint alleges that the officers' behavior is "consistent with a disgusting nationwide trend of law enforcement officers, who, believing they can operate with complete impunity, engage in unprofessional, discourteous, racially biased, dangerous, and sometimes deadly abuses of authority."
"Ultimately, Nazario was let go — but not before the officers "threatened Lt. Nazario's job and his commission in the United States Army if he spoke out knowing the harm criminal charges would cause him," the complaint says. That attempt to "extort" Nazario formed the basis of the complaint's argument that the officers violated Nazario's First Amendment rights."
The VA Attorney General's office of Civil Rights is now investigating the case and the department. There is a video within the article and frankly, it upset me when I watched this disgusting display by someone who is supposed to be upholding the law on World News Tonight.
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/11/9862...pepper-sprayed-black-army-lieutenant-is-fired
From another article, this is what the army's top enlisted soldier had to say:
"The Army's top enlisted soldier on Monday denounced an incident last December in which two police officers in Virginia pulled their guns on a Black and Latino lieutenant and pepper-sprayed him during a traffic stop – and he tied it to the military's broader efforts to address endemic racism and extremism in its ranks.
"Like many of you, I was concerned by the video of LT Nazario's traffic stop in December," Sgt. Maj. of the Army Michael Grinston wrote in a series of tweets Monday afternoon. "He represented himself and our Army well through his calm, professional response to the situation – I'm very proud of him."
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