Virginia Gov. Northam Orders Investigation After Army Officer Pepper-Sprayed During Traffic Stop

In this image made from Windsor, (Va.) Police video, Caron Nazario is helped by an EMT after he was sprayed with an agent by Windsor police after a traffic stop on Dec. 20, 2020, in Windsor, Va. Nazario, a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army, is suing two Virginia police officers over a traffic stop during which he says the officers drew their guns and pointed them at him as he was dressed in uniform. Caron Nazario says his constitutional rights were violated by the traffic stop in the town of Windsor in December. Windsor Police via AP

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced on Sunday that he has ordered the Virginia State Police to conduct an independent investigation into a December traffic stop that saw two police officers pepper-spraying an army officer.

“The incident in Windsor is disturbing and angered me—and I am directing the Virginia State Police to conduct an independent investigation,” Northam wrote in a statement.