A Virginia town is settling a lawsuit that sprang from a Black and Latino Army lieutenant being pepper sprayed during a traffic stop.
FILE - In this image made from Windsor, Va., Police Department video footage, a police officer uses a spray agent on Caron Nazario, Dec. 20, 2020, in Windsor, Va. On Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023, the town of Windsor agreed to independent reviews of allegations of misconduct against its police force and to give its officers more training to settle a lawsuit filed after the Black and Latino Army lieutenant was pepper sprayed during a traffic stop.
Windsor agreed to keep working toward accreditation by the Virginia Law Enforcement Professional Standards Commission. Police also will hold officer training exercises twice a year and submit to the Isle of Wight Commonwealth’s Attorney reviewing any allegations of excessive force or misconduct against its officers.
The Attorney General began investigating the town after a December 2020 traffic stop involving two Windsor Police DepartmentThe traffic stop, captured on video, showed officers drawing their guns, pointing them at Nazario, who was in uniform, and using a slang term to suggest he was facing execution before pepper-spraying him and knocking him to the ground. He was not arrested.
The Attorney General’s Office said its investigation found that while about 22% of Windsor’s population is Black, they accounted for about 42% of the department’s traffic stops between July 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2021. The department also searched more vehicles driven by Black motorists than by white drivers.
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