The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is facing multiple lawsuits for alleged First Amendment violations during the June 11 anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, protest in downtown Las Vegas, according to newly-filed court records.
New body camera video shows LVMPD officers violating their own policy about use of force during a protest and laughing while shooting protesters with pepper balls earlier this year.
Watch Darcy Spears break down the contents of this body camera footage and the allegations against LVMPD:
Lawsuit claims LVMPD violated use-of-force policies in response to Las Vegas anti-ICE protests
Channel 13 was in downtown Las Vegas for the demonstration, which reporter Ryan Ketcham witnessed and stated was peaceful, as about 800 people protested against ICE, immigration policies, and deportations. According to Tuesday’s motion, filed by attorney Stephen Stubbs and the Clear Counsel Law Group on behalf of their client, Emanuel Beltran, LVMPD declared the gathering an “unlawful protest” at 8:11 p.m., before protesters had even gathered in one location.
That’s nearly an hour before Las Vegas police publicly stated they had declared an unlawful assembly…