Army Lieutenant Caron Nazario was not arrested instead was pulled over by two police officers at a traffic stop. He was reportedly sprayed with pepper spray by the two police officers.
On the night of December 5, 2020, Caron Nazario, a lieutenant in the United States Army Medical Corps, was driving home after a drill weekend in Petersburg, Virginia, when he noticed police lights flashing behind him.
Lieutenant Nazario, who is Black and Latino, was too afraid to stop on a darkened road, so he drove a mile to a gas station, pulled over, and placed his smartphone on his dashboard, according to a lawsuit and video evidence of the incident reports New York Times.
Let us learn more about Caron Nazario’s case update and take a closer look at his arrest.
Caron Nazario Case Update And Lawsuit Explored
On Dec. 5, 2020, Nazario was stopped by Windsor police officers Joe Gutierrez and Daniel Crocker while in uniform. Officers pointed their firearms at Nazario and Gutierrez pepper-spraying him, according to body camera footage from the event.
The two officers involved in the traffic stop are Daniel Crocker and Joe Gutierrez.
The lawsuit was filed in April after an internal investigation was completed, with the public raising major concerns about the incident. Gutierrez was then fired according to 13newsnow.
Hampton Commonwealth’s Attorney Anton Bell, who was appointed as special prosecutor in the case, and the trial date were set after reviewing the file and footage from the bodycam of the officers.
The recent update of the Caron Nazario case has not come to the surface yet. The media and the internet have not cast their light upon the case as of 2022.
Army Lieutenant Arrested Full Video On Reddit
Army Lieutenant Caron Nazario was not arrested but instead was threatened to be arrested by two police officers.
Nonetheless, he was detained by the police officer and he claims the detention was illegal and is seeking legal actions against the officers.
However, a video of him getting pepper-sprayed and threatened is trending on the internet on several platforms including Reddit.
In the video, we can see three angles, one recorded from inside the black SUV of Nazario and two from the bodycam of each officer.
While the inside of the SUV video shows, Nazario calm and cooperating with the traffic stop by keeping his hands out of the window and asking the officers why he was stopped, the bodycam footage show aggressive police officers charging him with their guns pulled out.
The police officers are seen shouting conflicting commands and yelling at Nazario to step out of the car, but Caron is heard saying in a calm voice he was genuinely afraid to do so. The officer replies with “you should be.”
After the traffic stop escalated quickly, one officer is seen pulling out a pepper spray can and spraying the Lieutenant with the spray.