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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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The local Miami media is hyping this too...somehow I am guessing there is another side to this story.

Fake News won't cover it fairly, though.

1 posted on 04/12/2021 6:38:18 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

he was refusing to get out of the car.


2 posted on 04/12/2021 6:40:27 AM PDT by joshua c (Dump the LEFT. Cable tv, Big tech, national name brands)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Nope, watched the entire clip, cop should have been fired, Army officer did everything right. Even the young police officer new his partner was wrong.


3 posted on 04/12/2021 6:40:42 AM PDT by QuigleyDU ( )
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To: SoFloFreeper

Good, that didn’t take long. We are so lucky for cameras and video. Without them, this officer could have been murdered by the bad officer. All law enforcement should have and public be encouraged to film their actions. A little sunshine is good, especially when it outs bad behavior and abuse like this officer showed.


4 posted on 04/12/2021 6:41:07 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Buy American, Hire American! End All Worker Visa Programs. Replace Visa Workers w/ American Wo)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Sure there is another side. The soldier refused a police order to vacate the vehicle and as for his gun being drawn, how can you blame him when it has been open season on cops all across this country for yrs now.

I watched the video and it appears both cops had drawn their weapon. Why was only one fired?


5 posted on 04/12/2021 6:41:26 AM PDT by billyboy15 (')
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To: SoFloFreeper

Read the ramblings of all the freepers this morning on another thread about this... All I have to say is history has shown us that 95% of the time initial reports victimized the black man. But then we heard and seen the real story. Unfortunately by then the damage has already begun...


6 posted on 04/12/2021 6:42:51 AM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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Both yesterday's thread and today's on this turned nasty quickly.

Freepers on each side want their desired culprit hung out to dry.

7 posted on 04/12/2021 6:43:59 AM PDT by ASA Vet (The first two boxes failed. Only one remains.)
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Won’t stop the lawsuit.

Department trying to reduce damages?


8 posted on 04/12/2021 6:45:04 AM PDT by Eddie01
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To: ASA Vet

I just want the truth first. Was the alleged victim refusing to comply with a lawful order?


9 posted on 04/12/2021 6:47:50 AM PDT by RC one (When a bunch of commies start telling you that you don't need an AR15, you really need an AR15)
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To: Reno89519

All law enforcement should have and public be encouraged to film their actions.

Body cams on cops protect both sides.


10 posted on 04/12/2021 6:48:00 AM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: joshua c

His hands were outside of the window. He was not a threat. This was a dramatic escalation, and the officer could be clearly heard making a threat. For what? Their reason for pulling him over was an outright lie, the temp tag is clearly visible in their video.

This should not and does not have anything to do with race. If this was a white man, the press likely wouldn’t have covered it, but the officer’s actions were still inappropriate.


11 posted on 04/12/2021 6:48:35 AM PDT by rarestia (Repeal the 17th Amendment and ratify Article the First to give the power back to the people!)
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"On Sunday, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam said "As a Blackface man" the incident was "disturbing" and had "angered" him.

There, fixed it.

12 posted on 04/12/2021 6:51:22 AM PDT by moovova (Yo GOP....we won't forget.)
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Did you see the whole film? I didn’t think so Perry Mason. The man said his seatbelt was still buckled and he was afraid they would shoot him as he was trying to undo it. This was a valid reason. It’s happened before. They were there with pistols aimed right at him and so he froze to not give provocation. he repeatedly asked for their supervisor. They pepper sprayed him for no reason. His hands were visible and he was in no danger to anybody. The officers could have holstered their weapons or an officer could have come in on the passenger side and undo his seatbelt or go get a supervisor. The officers were 100% in the wrong.


13 posted on 04/12/2021 6:51:50 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Biden/Harris - the regime our Founding fathers warned us about.)
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To: QuigleyDU

When the police ask you to get out of your car, you get out of your car and THEN ask why you have been stopped. What this troop and apparently you failed to understand is his vehicle may have been similar to another one recently reported to have committed a crime.

Refusing to exit his vehicle would signal to me that the guy is hiding something. He did ask why he was stopped and they told him to exit the vehicle and it would be explained. Yet the big shot 2nd Lt (they are the laughing stock of the military anyway) decided he would get into a pissing contest with the Police.

It is obvious the police felt they were in danger and they were being hyper cautious. There is more to this story. The cop was fired because the powers that be are totally intimidated and scared shitless of a riot by the marauding jerk offs who seem to be in charge of the Country and are above the law.


14 posted on 04/12/2021 6:51:50 AM PDT by billyboy15 (')
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To: QuigleyDU

Mkay. So no retraining a veteran? Just fire him, huh?


15 posted on 04/12/2021 6:52:47 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: RC one

Read post thirteen.


16 posted on 04/12/2021 6:53:26 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Biden/Harris - the regime our Founding fathers warned us about.)
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To: ASA Vet; sit-rep

My objection is to the MEDIA trying this case...they are so biased.

I know there are bad cops though I believe most are good.


17 posted on 04/12/2021 6:56:05 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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Disingenuous CNN carefully only mentioned the color and ethnicity of Nazario. Not of "brown" Gutierrez, the cop. Of course.
Second Lt. Caron Nazario, who is Black and Latino..


18 posted on 04/12/2021 6:59:51 AM PDT by Conservat1
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a black US army lieutenant

I didn't know we had a black US army. Where's its HQ?

19 posted on 04/12/2021 7:00:22 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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Cops were giving conflicting commands on getting out of the car. That’s actually a good way for the driver to get shot no matter which instructions they followed - there are several cases where this happened, the driver followed one officer’s instructions and the other officer shot him.

Poor training on the department’s part.


20 posted on 04/12/2021 7:00:57 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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