UPDATE: This story was updated after Metro police confirmed that “J. Tomlinson” named in the lawsuit is Metro officer Joel Tomlinson.
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A police officer lied in an arrest report to justify actions after June 11 ICE protests in downtown Las Vegas, according to a lawsuit from a woman who was shot in the back with a pepper ball as she was complying with an officer’s orders.
Kathleen Cavalaro is named as the plaintiff in the first lawsuit filed over actions that night, when hundreds of protesters gathered near the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse to protest immigration enforcement…