Police officer fired for pepper-spraying Black and Latino lieutenant during traffic stop

Bodycam and cellphone video shows how a Virginia officer pepper-sprayed a Black and Latino Army lieutenant during a traffic stop in December. Christina Ruffini reports on the details of the stop and the lawsuit against the officers.

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[tyrone]

Imagine serving this country to be treated like this by your own cops at home. So disrespectful.

[isaacc]

Lets be honest, he was only fired after the video of the incident went viral. That tells us a lot.

[AmritGrewal]

"I'm honestly afraid to get out"
- "yeah, you should be"

That's enough proof for me

[jesusthesecond]

"I'm afraid of getting out"
"You should be"
Being a police officer and expecting people to be afraid of you is so so wrong.

[cindielou]

That dude probably safer in a war zone than his own country

[e.moonbound]

If this is how he treated an army officer I cannot imagine the horrors he did to civilians

[malcolmblacctheicon]

Did he seriously just try and bribe this guy to not press charges by saying he’ll take off the handcuffs? Talk about unprofessional . Unbelievable

[miram]

NO ONE DESERVES TO BE TREATED LIKE THIS... We shouldnt have to be in uniform to get an ounce of human decency from public officials and citizens alike.

[sniffles]

That cop being fired is not enough. He should have been charged with assault and misconduct. And for trying to bribe the Army Lieutenant. And the other cop should be fired for letting it happen and not intervening.

[janmar]

a Wise man once said This is the reason why the world is laughing at america's police

[jtrhxyn]

“If you wanna just chill and let this go with no charges filled, we’ll let you go”

That’s like a hostage situation.

[Callsmit]

Victim: I’m afraid to get out”. Office: “yeah you should be”. That is such a scary statement.

[Mark-dlsw]

"If you want to chill and let this go, we'll take the handcuffs off" This statement alone should be sufficient to put this cop behind bars.

[ಠ_ಠ-ರತ]

“Im afraid to get out”
“You should be”
Officers like that are why people hate cops, even though not all of them are like that.

[musicdiary]

“Why am I being treated like this?”
The million dollar question.

[jim]

These cop's need to be put in jail..

[jonasnielsen]

Two criminals in police uniforms harassing a service member. Completely unacceptable. As well as being dismissed, they should be charged for falsifying their report as well.

[kmann]

The police officers said "You should be" when he said he's afraid.while aiming a gun. Thats considered a deadly threat.

[famsquadstickfigureanimati]

“I’m honestly afraid to get out”
“You should be”
Fear is not the job of the police this is despicable

[absiol]

This makes me so sad and angry. He should sue the department and those two individuals separately for millions.