The WOKE sergeant major of the Army commended the second lieutenant whose December traffic stop prompted a lawsuit and the firing of a Virginia police officer. He’s proud of him for remaining cool as a pair of cops pointed their weapons at him.
“Like many of you,” Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston tweeted Monday, “I was concerned by the video of [2nd Lt. Caron] Nazario’s traffic stop in December. He represented himself and our Army well through his calm, professional response to the situation — I’m very proud of him.”
He’s proud, not just proud, he’s very proud, of a Lieutenant who wouldn’t comply with the police officer’s commands. Why would his commanding officer be proud of him for that? Oh, wait, I forgot, we’re all WOKE now and it’s cool to ignore officers’ orders.
THE INCIDENT
On December 5, 2020, 2nd army Lieutenant Caron Nazario was stopped by the police. The army lieutenant pulled rank and refused to do what the officers told him to do.
Later he told the officers he was afraid to get out. The officer misspoke in response and said, “you should be.” The officer quickly corrected his comment.
The Lieutenant escalated the situation and does not have the right to refuse to get out.
The officers de-escalated and the Lt. still refused to cooperate.
Nazario was pepper-sprayed and forced to the ground. The Windsor Police Department announced Sunday that one of the officers, Joe Gutierrez, was fired.
Nazario, who is half black and Hispanic, is suing the police department.
He resisted the officers’ orders. As a Lt., he should know how to follow orders. When did Americans decide they don’t have to listen to the police?
What do you think?
Officer Tatum goes through the episode and explains who he thinks was wrong:
This is a great example of how the propaganda mills keep us divided.
Right wing side of the propaganda mill programs the “Patriots” to respect the cops and respect our troops. Then they highlight a situation where the “Patriots” have to choose which of their heros to side with.
The Left side of the propaganda mill teaches their “Woke” minions to support the various victim groups. Then they highlight a situation that the “snowflakes” have to decide who to side with; the refugee muslims or the oppressed gays and women.
So long as we are focusing our energies on processing the BS they feed us, we aren’t focused the the people who are feeding us the BS.
This wasn’t the Lt’s firtst encounter. Maybe he was upset for getting a ticket when begging for a warning.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD_8EEhvC2E
When the Lt. had his arms out the window, one of the LEO’s should have cuffed him, while the other kept his weapon on him. Then, they could have moved him out of the car. Also, they could have been a lot more respectful in their commands, and logical……how do you get out of the car with your arms in the window of the door.
Hmm…A Sgt. Major of the Army proud of someone not following a lawful command as required by military law? Sounds like this Sgt. Major doesn’t know even the basics of his job. He is proud of insubordinate actions.
Makes ons sooo “proud” of a officer. He is acting just like his fellow gutter rats on the south side of Chicago.
This SGM did not learn anything in his 20+ years.
He was proly in “supply”…
So the woke SGM condones the LT taking a firearm on a military installation, you know the one found in his vehicle next to his leg. Assuming since he was in uniform coming from work. Or, was he running around in his uniform in violation of regulation? As well as not reflecting Army values. This bs is exactly why I retired this year after 31 years. If all you want it, you can have it. Lets see how all this works out for the military and police when all the true alpha male warriors leave.
agree 100% with J Smith- Army is woke from the top down
I thought following orders was the backbone of any military unit……I guess troops can now decide which orders to follow and which orders not to follow……”who ordered the Code Red?!”
Great responses all around. No wonder our military is PC. It starts from the top. The gum chewing, smug lieutenant should have followed police orders just like I did when necessary. It is that simple. I go back to the 60s when things were much harder.
Leadership like this could cause a member of the military to refuse an order.
Sgt. Major Michael Grinston comment was way out of line.
The first video was just bad policing. You NEVER take your eyes off of someone with a weapon.
The second was also bad policing. I normally don’t side with people not complying with Police Officers. The problem is that Police Officers in Woke Blue Cities are on an out of control power trip. Immediately drawing a gun shows the Officer does not think he had control of the situation. He didn’t because he was on a power trip and immediately escalated it to a deadly confrontation level. What ticked the cops off was the LT. drove to a lighted area where the ops could be observed. I seriously doubt a well dressed white businessman would have been treated this way. I feel there was some racism involved. Virginia cops treat Military personnel poorly. The problem is that in today’s world it only takes one bad cop in a thousand to tarnish the rest of a police force. I heard ZERO explanation from the cop for the reason he made the stop initially. Before escaping the situation with a firearm, he should have yelled that the stop was for no tags and then request placing his hands on the wheel or out the door. The stop was now in a well lit area where the cops had good visibility and even cover if they needed it. We have far too many cops who don’t know how to deal with people because they don’t know their communities and see everyone as an enemy of the cops. The Media has done a lot to create this problem, but politicians just keep throwing fuel on the fire.
Reaching down for his seat beat could have easily ended in another police murder because both cops are already on an adenine high. The reason would be they saw a gun. Reality would be the cops over reacted. What should have happen is the cop should have waited for backup to cover him and then explained the reason for the stop, but too many cops today are little Hitler’s with badges. If the cop was calm the 2nd Lt. would have been more compliant. The LT.’s question of, “What’s going on” was ignored, because the cops were already in panic mode. A properly trained policemen would have used that request to de-escalate the situation. When you pull a gun on someone commands to them become irrelevant: most people freeze. They can’t comply even if they wanted to. The cop then escalated the situation and totally lost control of the situation as soon as he used the pepper spray. The pepper spray was use offensively and not defensively. Somehow, Police today think that they are dictators, but they work for us. These cops deserve to be fired! Also, the commentator is full of shit! Officer Tatum was just white washing some very poor police practices. The Lt. probably saved his life by prolonging the situation so the cop’s initial adrenaline levels could come down. I’ve worked with the military most of my life. The Military does policing around the world and are very good at it. The Lt. probably realized from the start that the police were operating with an adrenaline rush and extremely dangerous. The worst part of this is people are always told to drive to a well lit location when pulled over at night so the police can easily see you. Driving a mile or so to a well lit gas station should not have triggered an armed response. In fact, I’ve had police twice in 50 years get on the loud speaker and direct me to drive to a gas station.
The cops did pretty much everything wrong in both these videos and one lost his life because of it! This is not the “Army of Woke”. The Lt. should be commended for realizing the situation and preserving his life. That’s how well we train of military and unfortunately don’t train our police that well. Having been trained by the military, I would have done pretty much what the Lt. did. You can’t reason with someone on an adrenaline rush, you have to let them calm down.
Sorry Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Grinston, you, sir, are completely wrong on this issue. Butterbar Nazario may have some juice in the Army, he is still subject to civilian law and law officers’ lawful orders while off base in public. 2nd Lt. Nazario made himself look bad, his command look bad and you, Sgt. Major Michael Grinston made the US Army look bad for supporting his arrogance and lawlessness.
HOUAH , well said.
Absolutely right, Tim. Well said.
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