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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,072 posts)
Sat Jan 7, 2023, 05:04 PM Jan 2023

Trial set for Black soldier suing police over violent stop

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A U.S. Army lieutenant who was pepper sprayed, struck and handcuffed by police in rural Virginia, but never arrested, will argue to a jury that he was assaulted and falsely imprisoned and that his vehicle was illegally searched.

Video of the 2020 traffic stop got millions of views the next year after Caron Nazario filed the federal lawsuit that is now being heard, highlighting fears of mistreatment among Black drivers and intensifying the scrutiny of the boundaries of reasonable, and legal, police conduct.

The episode also served as a grim signal to many Black Americans that military uniforms don't necessarily protect against abuse of authority by law enforcement.

The trial is scheduled to begin Monday in federal court in Richmond.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trial-set-black-soldier-suing-143301416.html

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Trial set for Black soldier suing police over violent stop (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2023 OP
the police llashram Jan 2023 #1
Good Luck, Sir! Shamefulness Racist Cop. electric_blue68 Jan 2023 #2

llashram

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1. the police
Sat Jan 7, 2023, 05:48 PM
Jan 2023

here would not have cared if he had disabling wounds and/or PTSD. All that matters NOW is the colour or culture of Americans.

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