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Police officer who pepper-sprayed US Army soldier fired
BBC ^ | 04/12/2021

Posted on 04/12/2021 6:38:18 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

A police officer in Virginia has been fired after pointing a gun at, and pepper spraying, a black US army lieutenant during a traffic stop.

Army Second Lieutenant Caron Nazario is wearing his uniform in bodycam footage of the incident, filmed in December.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: badcops; brownvsblack; cops; gunsdrawn; joegutierrez; leo; mallsecurity; media; military; police; race; virginia; wellbye
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To: SoFloFreeper

Cops were wrong.....goons

NBC does mention the fat cop was Hispanic

They pulled him over guns drawn for

Tinted windows and a not visible tag

He had a dealer tag....

Man wtf were they thinking...it might help if we saw the first part of the video....it’s not beyond possible the black guy said something (ive done that when young) to set them off.

Anyhow....I don’t like the politics ...I know cops have abused whites and I know the race stats on cops shooting folks

But if we sticks to just what we see here

These cops look bad....


121 posted on 04/12/2021 9:19:08 AM PDT by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG lz’’z:s)
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To: RC one

They will certainly be able to find cops and military to go door to door to seize weapons

No question

It’ll be harder in red state environs but they have battalions they can send

Look at DC now or urban areas after weather disasters

Marshall law....suspend habeas corpus and it’s on

Conservatives in the ranks won’t be able to stop it if any are left...


122 posted on 04/12/2021 9:21:29 AM PDT by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG lz’’z:s)
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To: teeman8r

As LEO

Or with LEO

if the latter ...me too

I don’t think many here have

They go with CHIPS or Dragnet or Angie Dickinson

Or Clint Eastwood lol

Many ....not all...cops have a certain aggressive mentality

Could be from dealing with the public....which does suck


123 posted on 04/12/2021 9:25:42 AM PDT by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG lz’’z:s)
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To: Reno89519

Criminals on probation should wear body cams too... It’s time for this concept to open up to all groups that might make ‘mistakes’ that could endanger another’s life.

How about criminals next, then doctor’s and ‘public officials’...

That said, with limited information - - I’m glad the cop was fired...


124 posted on 04/12/2021 9:35:27 AM PDT by GOPJ (We need a better class of 'elites' - the ones we have now are more like stupid white trash...)
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To: wardaddy

in many of my traffic dealings with LEO... i was once pulled over for taking a turn too cautiously...

i told him next time i would try to get it up on two wheels. have a great day officer.


125 posted on 04/12/2021 9:36:52 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something)
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To: teeman8r

I’m old

I get off with warnings

I drive a lot....100,000 plus a year

My bad dealings with cops were when I was a criminal

Some are ok....some are dicks

I don’t like the militarization and think it should be forbidden by the brass

Combat boots,web gear...way too many work guns....they are simply too jacked up in some jurisdictions

If you want military cops then go through the constitutional format and do that...

On the other hand....policing black areas has to be a wear down

They are more prone to violence. And irrationality when stopped

Although I’ve been told by deputies ....they fear military looking white guys with black suv and iced demeanor more than reckless thug

As one told me....they tend to hit what they aim for


126 posted on 04/12/2021 9:42:15 AM PDT by wardaddy (P IN 1999 JIM THOMPSON WAS RIGHT ABOUT THE BUSHES ...WE WERE WRONG lz’’z:s)
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To: teeman8r

“...man i hate bankers... just kidding.”

I hate them also. That’s why I left and opened my own business.


127 posted on 04/12/2021 9:42:57 AM PDT by billyboy15 (')
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To: mabarker1

won’t look good on his FIB application...


128 posted on 04/12/2021 9:50:27 AM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there is no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
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To: QuigleyDU
Army officer did everything right.

So it's ok to refuse a police officer's order to get out of the vehicle?
Must be nice to be you.

129 posted on 04/12/2021 9:53:21 AM PDT by Cuttnhorse (Nothing dies harder than a lie that people want to believe)
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To: hank ernade

After assaulting a member of the armed forces the dummy is lucky he only got fired.

However don’t make a hero of an idiot either - lieutenant dummy deserves a courtmartial for conduct unbecoming not a million bucks from the taxpayer.


130 posted on 04/12/2021 9:53:37 AM PDT by hank ernade (armchair macho bravado EverTrumper)
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To: DCBryan1
Obey the lawful orders.

Which ones? As many have already pointed out, he was getting contradictory "lawful orders" from 2 different officers, both with guns pointed at him. By walking up to the car with guns already drawn, the cops had already escalated the incident and once they pointed the weapons, they gave the driver reasonable cause to believe his life was in danger if he made the wrong move. So if two people pointing guns at you are telling you to do different things, which is the "wrong move" that will get you killed?

131 posted on 04/12/2021 10:15:59 AM PDT by CA Conservative (Texan by birth, Californian by circumstance)
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To: joshua c
he was refusing to get out of the car.

From what I saw, he was also worried about getting out of the car. The cops were in full on hostile mode, barking orders with their guns pointed and aimed.

132 posted on 04/12/2021 10:26:20 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: hank ernade

What a load of crap

They have their trigger fingers extended per standard safety practice.

They try to unlock his door but he has it locked from the inside.

The ahole was provoking the dogsqueeze out of them and actively resisting.

The only thing that stinks like a bad cop is a bad NCO or officer and the military lets them slide.

I don’t like cops but cop haters are dirtbags.


133 posted on 04/12/2021 10:51:47 AM PDT by hank ernade (armchair macho bravado EverTrumper)
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To: Spktyr
This is because of people that roll down the window ahead of time and then shoot the officer as [he approaches], through the lowered window. . . This may be what he was doing.

What you describe is reasonable. But after watching the whole video, it doesn't seem to describe this guy's behavior or attitude. He didn't roll down his window to put his hands out when they asked him to. Overall, every single thing he did, and the way he did it, seemed to scream "jerk" and "sneak." Those aren't crimes, but they sure create a dangerous atmosphere for both sides.

Seriously, if, as some said, the guy couldn't get out as they finally told him to do (because he'd stalled them on everything else), and his seat-belt would keep him from getting out, he could have told them that.

134 posted on 04/12/2021 11:09:21 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: SoFloFreeper

There is a link here to the entire 22:07 minute video.Note that at the end Gutierrez tells Lt Nazario that if Nazario is willing to forget the whole thing, they won’t charge him.

I am surprised the cops didn’t shoot Lt Nazario’s dog.

https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2021/04/09/lawsuit-alleges-windsor-police-misconduct/


135 posted on 04/12/2021 11:13:50 AM PDT by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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To: sockmonkey

oh sheeyit

he deserved the spray for physically resisting - he was begging for it

anybody who defends this guy has spooge between their ears


136 posted on 04/12/2021 11:35:30 AM PDT by hank ernade (armchair macho bravado EverTrumper)
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To: Reno89519
Oh brother, the dude should have listened and got out of the car.

Blacks shouldn't have to listen to the police because they were slaves 160 years ago. /sarcasm

137 posted on 04/12/2021 11:40:39 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Leaning Right

If an LT in the Army is stunned and confused in that situation HE HAD NO BUSINESS BEING IN THE ARMY.


138 posted on 04/12/2021 11:44:22 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: USS Alaska

Your post is ridiculous.


139 posted on 04/12/2021 11:45:22 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: sockmonkey

Wow, that looks even worse! They knew they screwed up hardcore.


140 posted on 04/12/2021 11:47:22 AM PDT by Shadylake
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