'They Ruined His Life': Cops Who Held Lt. Nazario at Gunpoint Must Face Independent Probe, Ex-Police

[NJCher]

30. well, well, looky here

This police department has every reason to fear the results of an investigation of the Nazario confrontation. There is the possibility we may have a Virginia version of Ferguson, MO. You will recall this was the Michael Brown shooting where upon investigation, the U.S. Justice Department investigated and found that an inordinate number of tickets were given to black and brown people. The town was essentially putting the tax burden on this particular group of people.

Look at these snips from the article posted by the OP:

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Southers suggested that the town could be profiling and using traffic stops for revenue generation, noting that any prospective probe into the matter should assess the racial and gender demographics of the people being pulled over.

Best added that "having close to around 200 traffic stops in a month, on average, for an agency of seven people seems like a relatively high number of traffic stops so it definitely would warrant a further deep dive."

"I really need to understand why the department has seven officers and a K9," Southers said. "Canines are expensive. Their handlers, their training, their food, their vet bills, trust me, a canine is not an inexpensive venture if you have a force of seven.

"It sounds like they decided that they're going to up the ante on self-initiated field activities to justify their existence."

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