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No charges for officer who pepper-sprayed Army lieutenant

FILE - In this image made from Windsor, Va., Police video, a police officer speaks with Caron Nazario during a traffic stop, Dec. 20, 2020, in Windsor, Va. A special prosecutor in Virginia says a former police officer should not be criminally charged after he pepper-sprayed, struck and handcuffed the Black U.S. Army lieutenant. The traffic stop from December 2020 was captured on video and viewed by millions of people after it became public in April 2021. (Windsor Police via AP, File) FILE - In this image taken from a Windsor, Va., Police video, a police officer uses a spray agent on Caron Nazario, an Army lieutenant who is Black and Latino, on Dec. 20, 2020, in Windsor, Va. A special prosecutor in Virginia says the former police officer should not be criminally charged after he pepper-sprayed, struck and handcuffed the Black U.S. Army lieutenant. The traffic stop from December 2020 was captured on video and viewed by millions of people after it became public in April 2021. (Windsor Police via AP, File) FILE - This screen grab from Windsor, Va., Police body camera footage shows Lt. Caron Nazario being helped by an EMT after he was pepper-sprayed by Windsor police during a traffic stop in Windsor, Dec. 20, 2020. A special prosecutor in Virginia says a former police officer should not be criminally charged after he pepper-sprayed, struck and handcuffed the Black U.S. Army lieutenant. The traffic stop from December 2020 was captured on video and viewed by millions of people after it became public in April 2021. (Windsor Police via AP, File)
No charges for officer who pepper-sprayed Army lieutenant