A Black soldier who was pepper sprayed by police during a traffic stop in 2020 was on Tuesday awarded just $3,685 in his lawsuit seeking $1 million.
The federal jury in Virginia found mostly in favor of two Windsor, Virginia, police officers who handcuffed and sprayed, a second lieutenant in the Army, two years ago. Nazario had been pulled over for not having a visible rear license plate, police said, with the incident escalating when Nazario said he was “honestly afraid to get out” of his vehicle.
Nazario was awarded $1,000 in damages after the jury found Daniel Crocker had violated his rights under state law, along with another $2,685 in damages after finding that officer Joe Gutierrez assaulted Nazario. Nazario’s lawyer, Tom Roberts, said the outcome was a “sad day” which failed to show other police officers that “this conduct is unacceptable.”
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