VSP to investigate after Army lieutenant threatened, pepper-sprayed by Va. officers
One officer has since been fired, according to a statement from the Town of Windsor
GRAPHIC: Lawsuit filed over Va. police stop, pepper spray seen in body cam footage By Hannah Eason | April 11, 2021 at 6:13 PM EDT - Updated April 12 at 9:30 AM
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT & AP) - Gov. Northam on Sunday condemned a traffic stop that led to a US Army officer being pepper-sprayed by two Virginia police officers, sparking a lawsuit and national attention.
The lawsuit states officers in Windsor, Virginia, drew their guns, pointed them at Lieutenant Caron Nazario and used a slang term to suggest he was facing execution during a traffic stop in December. After several statements, one of the officers pepper-sprayed Nazario, who is Black and Latino.
Source: Bodycam Footage / Windsor, Virginia Police Bodycam
One less overzealous officer on the streets to worry about.
One of two Virginia police officers seen on bodycam footage pepper-spraying and pointing their firearms at a Black Army medic during a traffic stop has been fired. The decision to give the officer the boot was announced on late Sunday (Apr.11) after Governor Ralph Northam called the incident “disturbing” in a tweet on Sunday and called for an independent investigation into the case.
My statement on the encounter between Lieutenant Caron Nazario and two officers from the Windsor Police Department: pic.twitter.com/GcfL5YeIRm
A Virginia police officer accused of pepper-spraying and pointing his gun at a biracial Army officer during a traffic stop in December of 2020 was fired hours after Gov. Ralph Northam called for an independent investigation into the case on Sunday.
I m Very Proud of Him: Sergeant Major of the Army Reacts to Black Lieutenant s Traffic Stop
In this image made from Windsor, (Va.) Police video, a police officer uses a spray agent on Caron Nazario on Dec. 20, 2020, in Windsor, Va. Nazario, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, is suing two Virginia police officers over a traffic stop during which he says the officers drew their guns and pointed them at him as he was dressed in uniform. (Windsor Police via AP)
12 Apr 2021
The sergeant major of the Army commended the second lieutenant whose December traffic stop prompted a lawsuit and the firing of a Virginia police officer for remaining cool as a pair of cops pointed their weapons at him.
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