White cops harass and pepper spray Black Army Lieutenant in Windsor, VA

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Anonymous wrote:The officer's own PD says he did not follow departmental procedure, which is why they fired him. Not 'suspended without pay pending investigation and appeal'. Fired.

And now he needs to be charged with assault, and face a jury. And the PD needs to offer a reasonable settlement to the Lieutenant.


-a Trump supporter

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- A second lieutenant in the U.S. Army is suing two Virginia police officers over a traffic stop last December during which the officers drew their guns, pointed them at him and used a slang term to suggest he was facing execution before pepper-spraying him and knocking him to the ground.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lawsuit-virginia-police-officers-threatened-man-stop-76982103

I'm really curious as to what the motivation is to treating a military officer in uniform like this. Why the nasty tone and language and threatening gestures? Is a black man not deserving of respect no matter what his station in life is?

Why are the police treating ANYONE like this?

What I find most disheartening is that a lawsuit had to be filed for this to come under scrutiny. Neither of these officers should be on the police force.

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What we see in the video is a felony stop where the police officers are approaching the suspect with guns drawn and order the suspect to exit the vehicle. This is not the default approach to a routine traffic stop...

Exactly. THAT's the issue.

But why is it a felony stop? Because the police SAID it was a felony stop? Did they make it a felony stop when they guy drove to a well-lit area?

A car without a license plate doesn't equal a felony.

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What we see in the video is a felony stop where the police officers are approaching the suspect with guns drawn and order the suspect to exit the vehicle. This is not the default approach to a routine traffic stop...

Exactly. THAT's the issue.

But why is it a felony stop? Because the police SAID it was a felony stop? Did they make it a felony stop when they guy drove to a well-lit area?

A car without a license plate doesn't equal a felony.

I believe that I read somewhere that they were treating it like a potentially stolen car, so that was why they labeled it a felony stop. They would have to wait until they ran the registration to know for certain, but were treating it as a felony until such time.

It doesn't make it right, but it was their justification for treating it as a felony stop.

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Anonymous wrote:This idiot failed repeatedly to follow basic commands. The cops did sctew up at times ny giving conflicting commands.

He was pepper sprayed while calmly sitting in his car, with his hands outside the window, just after asking why he was being detained. That is indefensible.

He had been sitting there arguing with the cops for a good long while by that point.

He had every opportunity to not be an idiot, and at each decision point chose idiot.

If you don't want a tense confrontation with the cops, obey directions, don't argue, don't resist.

Was the smart thing to reach to his waist and unbuckle his seatbelt? I would be scared. At least with his hands out of the car, he made sure he was not a threat.

They never even bothered to tell him why they were pulling him over. If they had, he could say "there's a license plate in my window."

Like someone else said, Philando Castile did that and he's dead.

Yes, since they were telling him to do that. Imagine if he had just announced he was undoing his seat belt, done so, opened the door, and gotten out slowly with his hands in view. It isn't complicated nor difficult.

Arguing with the cops is stupid.

You don't know what they think they are doing. You may be innocent. Maybe the cops have the wrong guy...but if the guy they are looking for just shot some people, they are going to be ready for the worst.

So lose the attitude. Don't play lawyer and tell the cops what they are allowed to direct you to do. (Especially when you are wrong. ) Don't argue. Don't resist them.

Just do as directed, slowly, and keep your hands in view.

Like someone else said, Philando Castile did that and he's dead.

So it's a good idea to disobey lawful police orders because the cop in the Philando Castile case screwed up? I love reading these LE threads which contain dozens of idiotic comments from DCUM morons with absolutely no LE training or experience.

A big part of the problem is that the big cop just doesn't get it. The other problem is that most cops are afraid to fight people because they have become dependent on using tazers for the last 15 years.

The point is that it doesn't matter. You can do everything right, and a trigger happy bully can still murder you and call it your fault.

There was no freaking reason to fight here. The man had his hands out the window and was asking questions. Open your mouth and talk to him like a freaking human being.

For too long cops have been on the wrong side of history when it came to treatment of Black people and respect for their rights. Now, in this supposed post racial era where Black people are supposedly equal, we're all just supposed to forget how things were as recently as our parents lifetimes.

Black people don't trust police and they are rightfully terrified. We've done absolutely NOTHING to address the sins of the past, NOTHING to reform police forces that a mere generation ago were hosing down black children with fire hoses and attacking them with dogs. And yall want to act like everything would be okay if we just properly submit to your authority??? Come on. Get real!! Nothing will change until police acknowledge THEIR responsibility in all of this. You have an entire race of people that do not trust you and for damn good reasons.

It sounds like you have some type of obsession with racial issues and are becoming a victim by living vicariously through other people. You might want to educate yourself so that you have a more balanced view of these encounters. Start by looking up UCR data, which is compiled by the FBI. You will see that more white people are killed by police than black people. Black people are disproportionately commiting violent crimes and assaulting police officers, per UCR data.

and this ignorance is why this kind of bullsh*t continues to happen. You are racist.

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Anonymous wrote:As someone from that area, this is sadly not surprising.

It's best not to argue with the police, but if they are out to get you, it's going to be a hard situation.

If Black people never assert our rights or questioned people in positions of authority, we'd still be sitting in the back of the bus. If a police office pulls you over, they're supposed to have cause. You're supposed to be able to ask what that cause is, and police officers need to get over themselves and answer the question.

WHat are you, a modern day Rosa Parks posting on DCUM???

You can ask those questions after the scene is safe.

You are ridiculous. The scene was safe. All black men are threatening to you, aren't they? You assume all black people are dangerous. You are the problem.

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What we see in the video is a felony stop where the police officers are approaching the suspect with guns drawn and order the suspect to exit the vehicle. This is not the default approach to a routine traffic stop...

Exactly. THAT's the issue.

But why is it a felony stop? Because the police SAID it was a felony stop? Did they make it a felony stop when they guy drove to a well-lit area?

A car without a license plate doesn't equal a felony.

because a black man was driving a car that was nice and new. Even with a visible plate, they probably wanted to pull him and assumed it was stolen.

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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/dishonest-media-forgot-mention-part-loaded-gun-allegedly-front-seat-next-army-lt-nazarios-leg/

Details I haven’t seen in other places.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/04/dishonest-media-forgot-mention-part-loaded-gun-allegedly-front-seat-next-army-lt-nazarios-leg/

Details I haven’t seen in other places.

An unreliable right winged source. Lovely. Military members are allowed to carry weapons; even the black ones. It’s false anyway because the weapon was stored per military guidelines; he was coming from work.

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Conservatives just need to change their name to KKKonserative and be done with it.

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Anonymous wrote:This idiot failed repeatedly to follow basic commands. The cops did sctew up at times ny giving conflicting commands.

He was pepper sprayed while calmly sitting in his car, with his hands outside the window, just after asking why he was being detained. That is indefensible.

He had been sitting there arguing with the cops for a good long while by that point.

He had every opportunity to not be an idiot, and at each decision point chose idiot.

If you don't want a tense confrontation with the cops, obey directions, don't argue, don't resist.

Was the smart thing to reach to his waist and unbuckle his seatbelt? I would be scared. At least with his hands out of the car, he made sure he was not a threat.

They never even bothered to tell him why they were pulling him over. If they had, he could say "there's a license plate in my window."

Like someone else said, Philando Castile did that and he's dead.

Yes, since they were telling him to do that. Imagine if he had just announced he was undoing his seat belt, done so, opened the door, and gotten out slowly with his hands in view. It isn't complicated nor difficult.

Arguing with the cops is stupid.

You don't know what they think they are doing. You may be innocent. Maybe the cops have the wrong guy...but if the guy they are looking for just shot some people, they are going to be ready for the worst.

So lose the attitude. Don't play lawyer and tell the cops what they are allowed to direct you to do. (Especially when you are wrong. ) Don't argue. Don't resist them.

Just do as directed, slowly, and keep your hands in view.

Like someone else said, Philando Castile did that and he's dead.

So it's a good idea to disobey lawful police orders because the cop in the Philando Castile case screwed up? I love reading these LE threads which contain dozens of idiotic comments from DCUM morons with absolutely no LE training or experience.

A big part of the problem is that the big cop just doesn't get it. The other problem is that most cops are afraid to fight people because they have become dependent on using tazers for the last 15 years.

The point is that it doesn't matter. You can do everything right, and a trigger happy bully can still murder you and call it your fault.

There was no freaking reason to fight here. The man had his hands out the window and was asking questions. Open your mouth and talk to him like a freaking human being.

For too long cops have been on the wrong side of history when it came to treatment of Black people and respect for their rights. Now, in this supposed post racial era where Black people are supposedly equal, we're all just supposed to forget how things were as recently as our parents lifetimes.

Black people don't trust police and they are rightfully terrified. We've done absolutely NOTHING to address the sins of the past, NOTHING to reform police forces that a mere generation ago were hosing down black children with fire hoses and attacking them with dogs. And yall want to act like everything would be okay if we just properly submit to your authority??? Come on. Get real!! Nothing will change until police acknowledge THEIR responsibility in all of this. You have an entire race of people that do not trust you and for damn good reasons.

Yes, you’re right. You can do everything right and still get shot. But that is extremely, extremely rare. Just look at the statistics at how many interactions police have with people per day and how many people were unjustifiably shot. It is minuscule. Your best bet by far is to comply. I’m not sure if you saw the video this guy took from his cell phone but he was clearly setting up the officers and tempting them to do something wrong. I assume he was looking for a pay day.

The fact is, when a subject becomes non compliant it is a huge red flag for police and gets them raised up. They are human beings and a lot of the reaction you are seeing from them is fear about what that guy was up to. Maybe they were wrong and I agree their instructions were unclear, but it is a natural human response to want to control the situation rather than some racial victimizing thing. Try walking a day in their shoes and you will understand why these situations (late at night, tinted out SUV with who knows what in the back, bizarrely non-compliant subject, etc). It’s not to say their actions were perfect but it is a complete stretch to say they were driven by race. Also I believe the cop who deployed the spray was Hispanic.

Excuses, justifications, and deflections. Also, Hispanic is an ethnicity, not a race. For example, I am Puerto Rican. I am also Black. I have a friend who is Cuban. She is white. Hispanic countries and people are not immune from white supremacy.

You're so quick to empathize with the officers. "Walk a day in their shoes." Why not also empathize with their victims for a change? Walk a day in their shoes. The officer is the professional. The burden on getting things right, even when they are afraid, should be on them. Not on the civilian.

Right, so you admit you are not trying to see things from the perspective of officers at all. You have no interest in actually understanding why they behave they way they do but would rather see things only from your perspective and ignorantly criticize. If you really wanted to address the problem you would try to get to the bottom of it rather than being happy to continue playing the victim.

Officers make mistakes just like civilians do. Just because they do does not make them racist/ethnicitist/whatever woke categorization you want to use. Officers deal with life or death situations constantly and I don’t think it’s shocking that they sometimes make the wrong call. Believe it or not, they make mistakes with white subjects all the time, too. And believe it or not, lots of officers are minorities, especially in DC, NYC, etc. Frankly I prefer that they err on the side of keeping themselves and the public safe. When a civilian interacts with an officer they have the burden to comply - that is unquestionably on them. When a subject is being deliberately non compliant they are taking a huge unnecessary risk to themselves and the officers. And guess what - each one of us walks in one of these “victims’” shoes every single day so it is easy to emphathize there. Any day any one of us could be approached by an officer, and the vast majority of us would COMPLY regardless of race.

No. Officers have an enormous amount of power that we provide to them. They get to arrest people. They get to pull them over. They get use force on them if they can justify it. They are *given* guns and other weapons to do their job. All of this power that we the people give to cops. They cannot use that power without following some simple rules. People that are being policed have some basic rights. And one of those rights is to ask what they are being detained for. Does the Miranda sound stupid to you? It does to me. But it is important that authorities invoke acknowledge the rights of the accused and use their power only for good. So in every instance, the responsibility is on the part of the officer. This would be true if it were a middle aged white woman, a black military officer, or a coked out Asian junkie.

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Anonymous wrote:Conservatives just need to change their name to KKKonserative and be done with it.

Aren’t active military exempt from ccw laws? They are in most, if not all, states.

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Anonymous wrote:Conservatives just need to change their name to KKKonserative and be done with it.

Aren’t active military exempt from ccw laws? They are in most, if not all, states.

No. Looks like you have to be military police or agent.

https://concealednation.org/2015/07/little-known-loophole-allows-some-military-service-members-to-carry-in-all-50-states/

But it looks like Virginia specifically allows active military to carry without a permit.

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but White Lives Matter!