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A U.S. Army officer has sued two Virginia police officers over a December incident caught on body camera footage in which the cops drew their guns and pepper-sprayed him. Caron Nazario, a second lieutenant in the Army, said in a lawsuit filed earlier this month that officers violated his constitutional rights during a traffic stop in the southeastern town of Windsor, located about 46 miles west of Virginia Beach. In the footage shared online by The Associated Press , Nazario, who is Black and Latino, can be seen dressed in his uniform and holding his hands up while sitting in his parked car at a gas station as the officers point their guns at him. ADVERTISEMENT WATCH: A new lawsuit claims Windsor police officers drew guns, pepper-sprayed uniformed Army officer during traffic stop. More at 5 on #13NewsNow pic.twitter.com/OQotHHnb47 — Ali Weatherton 13News Now (@13AliWeatherton) April 8, 2021 The officers order Nazario to get out of his vehicle, … [Read more...] about Army officer sues police for pepper-spraying him, drawing guns during traffic stop

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for April 9 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Video shows a group of young New York City men surrounding an NYPD SUV and hurling insults at the officers inside while placing a pig-shaped squeaky toy on the hood and waving a filthy, damaged American flag. The city’s largest police union shared the video on Twitter on Friday but said it had been recorded Tuesday in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood. It shows several men surrounding the SUV and mocking the officers inside. WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE One member of the group uses a megaphone to hurl a slew of profanities at two officers who are inside the vehicle with the windows rolled up. DE BLASIO ANNOUNCES 'UNPRECEDENTED' RACIAL JUSTICE COMMISSION TO RETHINK NYC LAWS In addition to a two-minute-long string of curse words, he accused them of beating their wives. … [Read more...] about New York men harassing, mocking NYPD cops in alarming video

Four men believed to have ties to a far-right militia group were indicted on charges of destroying evidence in a federal investigation over the shootings of two police officers. The Justice Department announced Friday that Jessie Alexander Rush, 29, Robert Jesus Blancas, 33, Simon Sage Ybarra, 23, and Kenny Matthew Miksch, 21 were charged with conspiracy to destroy records, destruction of records and obstruction of official proceedings. Prosecutors allege the four men are members of the far-right extremist "Grizzly" militia, which has ties to the “boogaloo” movement, which advocates for a politically-motivated civil war or uprising against the government. ADVERTISEMENT The indictment against the four men references two shootings, one on May 29, 2020 and one days later on June 6. Two federal Protective Security Officers (PSOs) where shot in the first incident, in which one of the PSOs died, and two Santa Cruz sheriff’s deputies were shot in the second incident. One … [Read more...] about Four California men tied to militia accused of destroying evidence in federal shooting probe

close Video Fox News Flash top headlines for April 8 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. A former Dallas police officer arrested last month on capital murder charges has been released from jail and had his charges dropped after a judge ruled he could not be held, according to reports. Bryan Riser, a 13-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department, was accused of hiring three people to kill Albert Douglas and Lisa Saenz in 2017. He was freed on a $5 million bond following a preliminary hearing Wednesday. Dallas County Criminal Court Judge Audrey Moorehead found that police did not have enough evidence to keep Riser behind bars. Prosecutors for the Dallas County District Attorney's Office also agreed there was insufficient evidence to move forward with the case against him, FOX 4 of Dallas-Fort Worth reported. TEXAS MOM CONFESSES TO KILLING DAUGHTERS, 1 AND 6, BY SMOTHERING THEM, POLICE SAY … [Read more...] about Former Dallas police officer released from jail, has murder charges dropped: report

MINNEAPOLIS - The chief medical examiner who ruled that George Floyd’s death was a homicide testified Friday that the way police held him down and compressed his neck “was just more than Mr. Floyd could take,” given the condition of his heart. Dr. Andrew Baker, the Hennepin County medical examiner, took the stand at the murder trial of former officer Derek Chauvin, who pressed his knee on or close to Floyd’s neck for what prosecutors say was as much as nine and a half minutes as the 46-year-old Black man lay on the pavement last May. Asked about his finding that police “subdual, restraint and neck compression” caused Floyd’s heart to stop, Baker said that Floyd had severe underlying heart disease and an enlarged heart that needed more oxygen than normal to function, as well as narrowing of two heart arteries. Baker said being involved in a scuffle raises adrenaline, which asks the heart to beat even faster and supply more oxygen. “And in my opinion, the law enforcement subdual, … [Read more...] about Medical Examiner Blames Police Action for Floyd’s Death