Police pull guns on and spray Black-Latino Army officer during traffic stop, lawsuit says
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Two Virginia police officers have been sued for allegedly drawing their guns on a uniformed Army officer during a traffic stop and spraying him with a substance.
On Dec. 5, 2020, Windsor Police Officers Joe Gutierrez and Daniel Crocker pulled over U.S. Army Second Lieutenant Caron Nazario, who is Black and Latino, while he was dressed in uniform, according to the lawsuit filed April 2.
They pulled him over in a newly purchased Chevrolet Tahoe SUV for not having a rear license plate, according to the lawsuit. Nazario was returning home from his duty station at the time, the lawsuit said.
Lawsuit claims Windsor police officers drew guns, pepper-sprayed uniformed Army officer during traffic stop
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Lawsuit claims Windsor police officers drew guns, pepper-sprayed uniformed Army officer during traffic stop
In his lawsuit, the U.S. Army officer alleges two police officers escalated things during a traffic stop, pulled guns on him, then pepper-sprayed and hit him. Author: Ali Weatherton (13News Now), 13News Now Staff Published: 2:42 PM EDT April 8, 2021 Updated: 7:48 PM EDT April 8, 2021
ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY, Va. Two Windsor police officers are facing a civil lawsuit that alleges they acted aggressively towards a minority, uniformed Army officer during a traffic stop.
The lawsuit was filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for Eastern Virginia in Norfolk.