Even before that, the peeper spray was used multiple times with what clearly looked like malicious intent. It was brutal. This was on someone who was already in uniform. Imagine what it would have been like for average person or someone who get anxiety attacks etc.
The police chief was defending the actions and in case this had not gone viral, the officer would not have received any punishment. At the end of it Lt. Caron Nazario was implicitly threatened not to take any actions against the officers.