Officer Joe Gutierrez has been fired after an investigation showed that he violated police procedure during a traffic stop in which he is accused of assaulting US Army Lieutenant Caron Nazario.
Gutierrez pepper-sprayed Nazario, even though his hands were raised and he was not resisting.
Nazario filed a lawsuit against the two police officers in federal court for violating his constitutional rights including assault and illegal detention.
While he was not charged in the incident, he says the policemen threatened to damage his reputation in the military if he told anyone about how he was treated.
Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds reports.
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#PoliceBrutality #EndPoliceBrutality #WindsorPD
I was with white relatives and they said they saw stuff like this leading up to the collapse of USSR… I’m assuming the US believe we are too small and young to fall…. Like, people around the world say all the signs are there and I’m like.. Enjoy ya life…
I see the advisories us gives about other countries when they can’t even treat their own citizens with a pinch of dignity.
US must initially cure of its deep rooted racial, moral & political ailment before it indulges itself in the internal affairs of others. Playing the righteous Policeman of the World doesn’t really make US great while the US is infact the master conductor of global chaos outside its border & systematic racial oppressor within its border…
Is this the America (land of the brave and free) they talk about, well, you can keep your America… Wow, the solder almost got shot.
The other officer should be fired too.
This makes me qeustion wether cop in america are still trustworthy….
Pigs back at it again
PEOPLE NEED TO GO AND WATCH THE FULL VIDEO AND NOT THESE 2 MINS EDITED CLIPS!
This is not police brutality. This man was followed for a mile and a half with sirens on (regardless of his reasoning), did not comply with commands at all and to top it off he had a gun on him which he didn’t inform officers about. These officers acted accordingly given the situation. Once they reached the car and realized he wasn’t a threat they de-escalated. Dropped from a gun to pepper spray. Stop vilifying our cops. Not all cops are bad apples.
For not cooperating what cooperation you talking about ?
His color is a violation to whites.
Una pena este incidente¡¡¡ Muestra la ESTUPIDEZ de ciertos agentes de policía. Habrá que averiguar las causas de esta detención.
Am l missing something here ?? Please explain to me. I am confused. Thank you. And am expecting 6 million answers. Thank you and have a good day. ☝️☀️
The police are together and protect each other against the citizens.
The doctors are together and protect each other against the citizens.
Big corporations and Big Pharma are together protected by the government against the citizens.
If you are poor or disabled, you are f…ed by the rich and powerful.
I traveled to communist countries and countries under military dictatorship. It’s exactly the same. What I learned from traveling is that all they bull I have been being fed all my life about democracy is just that
This is an everyday living to people of color in the the US &A.
The pigs in uniforms always try to white wash what they do and get away with it had he not stop in a well lit area he could have end up dead like so many military or not . Smh
I really wanna support police but they’re making it very difficult… I have children and God forbid they’re ever in danger I’m not gonna call Ghostbusters… I’m gonna call the police. But what they did to this poor man is flat out wrong.
I saw a Black police officer reviewed this video and compared to another video that clearly showed what happens when an officer doesn’t do this (gets killed). Why was this guy not cooperating? He pulled him over because he couldn’t see his plates.
Virginia cops uhmm why this isn’t new
Not resisting? He was clearly preventing the cop from opening the door, and not going to the ground when asked.
Seems like police brutality in US is rife. Or is it because the dude was black?
This is incredible. Why do the police not rate soldiers fighting for the country ? smh
How dare they do this to a better protector of the people!
Most Americans don’t trust our police.
He was resisting though. But the cop got too worked up.
In the Philippines there were like 8 killings of Military or ex military killed by the Police in the past year. But because Duterte loves the Police they usually gets away with it.
80% police in America is evil killer damage 🧠 brain so sad
The USA police is trained to be violent to their citizens and they are using old techniques. USA police needs all kinds of reform.
Who treats their soldiers like this? Oh wait! Only the US.
Lu ten ate privi lege.
His hands are up and outside the car window, you are asking him to open the door, with guns pointed at him, that can be very dangerous, Assumption is very common in USA police action.
For person that been pepper sprayed, he were so calm than those dirtbag.
This is LATINO on LATINO crime….
Good job police !! Army stupid 😀😀.
Black resism..😡😡 in usa it’s common..😡😡if you are black ..they scared and said it’s a black..😡😡 people not educate in usa ..
He looked like he was resisting to me. When Cops command you to exit the vehicle numerous times and you don’t – what is that called??? As an Army LT – you get out of the car on the first order and explain your situation! Same as you would expect if you gave an order to one of your soldiers.
No excuses – he dictated this!
White trigger happy cops and a black driver. He knew what could happen, you know, accidentally use a gun instead of a taser.
Don’t worry. Officer got fired but he can work for other city.
Is firing enough? Why is the lawsuit for ONLY $1 million?
US should only hire people with common sense as police.
i would send them cops to jail
Watch everything the the beginning….he failed to follow numerous directions!…your playing only parts
Absolutely disgusting
Clearly you need more than a GRE to be a proper police officer. I’ve seen more competent McDonald workers
He has avoided a number of deadly traps, and the police have been loudly urging you to get out without telling you in what way
Is this democracy, freedom and human rights in the United States? The core of the empire has rotted, and minorities cannot find their own justice in today’s America. A nation built with the blood of Native Americans and the tears of African Americans will eventually fall, just as the Nazis did.
The crooked initial it he should be definitely be fired
This man used his army training saved his life. He went to a well lit area
Just comply
So, they told him to stop, he kept driving until he got to a point where he felt like stoping the car. Then they tell him to get out of the car, he does not want to. It was not about the plates, he did not follow orders..
Police demand the guy to get out of his car but the man didn’t do that.
He stayed in his car and kept asking what’s going on.
obviously he was uncooperative and well deserved what he got .
get out of the car means get out of the car not stay there and open your dirty mouth 😡😡😡😡
He was afraid to get out, he said it. You have these lowlife racial profiling trigger happy keystone cops treating him like he killed someone.
Glad that dumb officer got fired
Michael Jacksons ‘they don’t care about us’ is the best description
“We support our veterans!”(Except the black ones). This took an entire year to come out, just let that sink in.
If you want to end all these problems supposed or not with Policemen, ( was a policeman /deputy sheriff for about 10 years) take away their qualified immunity. If I have no qualified immunity and can be “personally” sued, I will treat everyone and I mean EVERYONE with respect or I can be sued and lose everything I own. Also, the qualified immunity for the town, cities, counties and states must go. I promise you any foolishness will stop immediately.
Police can do better but why he has problem in coming out of the car when police is asking him? 🤔
The racist police officers thought he escaped from Thomas Jefferson’s plantation.
They just disrespected their own flag, army and what not.
The world is so messed up … anything with power will abuse and corrupt … i say thing, not anyone coz i don’t regard these as humans. No one human should yield greater power than another because we’re all equal
Where died human rights activists now
Rambo first blood
The man just looking for somewhere to eat
It’s sad how humans behave.
Boss(black soldier) this is a coordinated attack. nothing here is coincidental. when i heard them threaten to end his military career, it was obvious that a white person(s) either in the military, police or home neighborhood was out to get him. this pure white jealousy on display. its good to see a white man feel threatend and react like by throwing childish tantrums while our black boss acts calm and mature. soon america will have no choice but to pave way for black leaders!
Somalia police is better than USA
Are these policemen or thugs in uniform?
The victim is in US army officer. If they had any doubts about the veracity of the victim, there are ways of verifying the truth of the identity. They could have checked his identity card . The way the policemen are seen roughing up the officer is regrettable and unjustified. The man has not drawn a weapon and he has raised his hands in surrender. It is clear case of racial profiling and unnecessary victimization. Such incidents are sometimes reported in India too( undue use of force) but it is attributable to lumpennes of certain elements in the police force.
Even ,US police has such lumpen elements.
American Police Force are getting insane. What’s happening? You are no better than the Police force of developing countries. Cops are returning to their old ways of abusing their authority and violating human rights. These guys should be tested mentally annually if they still can do the job.
Lieutenant Nazario resisting law enforcement? Mostly no, sometimes yes, nevertheless, Joe was an idiot cop with a gun, good riddance bad rubbish. Was Caron’s temporary plate clearly visible?
Like our Police here in my country, they have this feeling they are better than the military. Like today in covid quarantine, our Police are wearing military fatigue uniforms as if they are military people… Just by allowing these police to wear military camo fatigue uniforms is a disgrace to the military in any country… they think they can hack it as an Army or a Marine. Instead of being law enforcers and protecting the people, they become outlaws themselves. Wolves in Shepherd’s clothing.
Still, why the maroon guy doesn’t come out of the vehicle when asked, and acts strange, is he high?
(They are all maroon, black is used in error).
He wasn’t accused he actually assulted the army medics.they go overseas to fight and they come back they get treated like this in their own country.America is really broken
I live in china and the police over there are the most chilled people you can ever meet.America treat their citizens these way, so you can imagine what they do to their enemies
*Somebody please publicly DOX these racist deadbeat police officers so they may be personally stalked, harassed and beaten to a pulp by the general public.*
This man was in full uniform and was treated this way?
I sense a little jealousy.
!!!
Name and shame these old useless turds with badge
Usa police ..egois..bad men with gun..after john rambo back from vietnam…police arrest him
Wow they recorded inside the cop’s car??? Wait shouldn’t the officer record it in his car so that it doesn’t look Staged? Oh wait … It is staged!!! Video on my channel.
Imagine if he had followed direction.
🇺🇸 Police = An Embarrassment 👎
Power trip cop! Should be publicly humiliated and stripped of any law enforcement work forever!
Wow…this is on….
Army should do something to police
In my country India once a Local police officer arrested an Central Reserve police force officer( It’s like army police) and taken into Police station after some hours the army regiment of that arrested officer is surrounded the police station and the police has to handover to the army.
Never mees with Army.
US police vs World Police…….Round 1, US won.
What the police does in America to Americans even American troops (except for the war criminal ones) don’t even do to the populations of the countries that they invaded.
The USA has transformed into truly a disgustingly oppressive police state.
I love freedom! USA 😂
The cops were acting far more politely than the vet must have when he served in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Karma.
Good job by Police !!
And America would stand in high grounds lecturing the so called 3rd world countries on human rights.
This has to stop the police officer needs to be charged as this veteran served his country and yet all they seen was the color of his skin
very rare ! How can a police man even arrest an army man! in my country they cannot dare or they will serve punishment they will ever regret being born.
The penalties for violating or failing to obey a lawful general order or regulation include: Dishonorable discharge; Forfeiture of pay and allowances; and or. No more than 2 years of confinement.
Army officer obey order not getting out car
Shameless policemen.
Arrest them.
Why did you put in the title that the lieutenant was black? Why does it matter?
That ia racist.
There was a time the Army would have been hard on that cop, but since NAZISM has spread throughout all American Institutions, it will be no wonder if you don’t anything from the BRASS …
If the driver was a white guy, nobody would care or say anything if the white guy was abused by the cops…. I’m tired of blacks getting special treatment. All lives matter! 🤔🇺🇸
He was not assulted idiot. I watched the whole video. It’s the army that disrespecting the police by not complying.
Where is the outrage now? Oh, he’s a soldier, so I guess that makes it OK with the left.
Brake sll diplomatis vontscts to racistic usa
Fake News: stop trying to gaslight the situation. He is Latino.Maaaybe half black.
If you want to see the real version: watch B.Tatum channel.
He is a former officer who gives you the real video and step by step commentary w/o the bias.
This soldier asked to get tasered. He put on his camera when he pulled over to the gas station. Cops chasing him 1.5miles.
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missing license plate or racial profiling? Why didn’t the cops say it was about the plate and why did the army guy keep deflecting instead of complying? Just seems bad on both ends to me.
There is something seriously wrong with America. Such a police state its insane
Imagine how they treat black folks without uniform.