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Originally published on April 13, 2021 11:31 am
Updated April 13, 2021 at 12:48 AM ET
When a patrol car activated its siren and emergency lights behind Caron Nazario in December, the Army lieutenant says he was reluctant to immediately pull over. That stretch of road, just west of Norfolk, Va., was dark, and there didn t seem to be anywhere to stop safely.
So Nazario, who is Black and Latino, slowed down, put a blinker on and about a mile down the road pulled over at a well-lit BP gas station, according to a federal lawsuit he filed this month. At that point, two officers approached Nazario, guns drawn, yelling at him to get out of the car.
Officer Joe Guttierez aims his weapon at Lt. Caron Navario during a traffic stop. Navario is suing Guttierez and the other officer, Daniel Crocker, for violation of his constitutional rights. Credit: Windsor Police Department body camera footage
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When a patrol car activated its siren and emergency lights behind Caron Nazario in December, the Army lieutenant says he was reluctant to immediately pull over. That stretch of road, just west of Norfolk, Va., was dark, and there didn t seem to be anywhere to stop safely.
Updated April 11, 2021 at 10:28 PM ET
Officer Joe Gutierrez aims his weapon at Lt. Caron Nazario during a traffic stop. Nazario is suing Gutierrez and the other officer, Daniel Crocker, for violation of his constitutional rights. Image: NPR screenshot/Windsor Police Department body camera footage
Updated April 13, 2021 at 12:48 AM ET
When a patrol car activated its siren and emergency lights behind Caron Nazario in December, the Army lieutenant says he was reluctant to immediately pull over. That stretch of road, just west of Norfolk, Va., was dark, and there didn t seem to be anywhere to stop safely.
So Nazario, who is Black and Latino, slowed down, put a blinker on and about a mile down the road pulled over at a well-lit BP gas station, according to a federal lawsuit he filed this month. At that point, two officers approached Nazario, guns drawn, yelling at him to get out of the car.
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Officer Joe Gutierrez aims his weapon at Lt. Caron Navario during a traffic stop. Navario is suing Gutierrez and the other officer, Daniel Crocker, for violation of his constitutional rights. NPR screenshot/Windsor Police Department body camera footage
When a patrol car activated its siren and emergency lights behind Caron Nazario in December, the Army lieutenant says he was reluctant to immediately pull over. That stretch of road, just west of Norfolk, Va., was dark, and there didn t seem to be anywhere to stop safely.
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