Army officer was afraid for his life during a Virginia traffic stop, attorney says
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A US Army officer feared for his life when two Virginia police officers pointed guns at him during a traffic stop, his attorney said.
"He was terrified that if he was going to move his hands below where Officer Gutierrez could have seen them to undo that seatbelt, they would have murdered him," said Jonathan Arthur, attorney for 2nd Lt. Caron Nazario, who is Black and Latino. Nazario has filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in compensatory damages, claiming two Windsor, Virginia, police officers violated his rights guaranteed under the First and Fourth Amendments. The suit, filed in US District Court and first reported by the Virginian-Pilot, claims the officers used excessive force during the stop in December.More Related News