Other veterans of color report abusive police traffic stops similar to Caron Nazario’s
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NORFOLK, Va. The police officers’ guns were trained on the uniformed U.S. Army lieutenant, his arms raised and palms outstretched as he sat in his SUV under a brightly lit gas station awning.
Lt. Caron Nazario had been pulled over in rural Virginia by the two officers, who repeatedly demanded that he step out of the vehicle. Nazario, who is Black and Latino, didn’t move and continually asked, “What’s going on?”
“I’m serving this country, and this is how I’m treated?” he said at one point.
By BEN FINLEY AND TOM FOREMAN JR. | Associated Press | Published: April 17, 2021 NORFOLK, Va. The police officers guns were trained on the uniformed U.S. Army lieutenant, his arms raised and palms outstretched as he sat in his SUV under a brightly lit gas station awning. Lt. Caron Nazario had been pulled over in rural Virginia by the two officers, who repeatedly demanded that he step out of the vehicle. Nazario, who is Black and Latino, didn t move and continually asked, What s going on? I m serving this country, and this is how I m treated? he said at one point. Yeah well, guess what? I m a veteran, too, police officer Joe Gutierrez responded. And I know how to obey. Nazario said he was afraid to get out, to which Gutierrez replied: You should be.
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