The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed a lawsuit against the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and the Rio hotel-casino on Monday.
AGAINST METRO POLICE CLAIMING..OFFICERS TARGETED A PARTYBECAUSE EVERYONE WAS BLACK!POLICE SAY..WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW...ISTHE BODY CAMERA VIDEO.....FROM THE NIGHT IN QUESTIONLETS GET RIGHT TO....13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER...JOE BARTELS...LIVE NEAR "THE RIO"...TO EXPLAIN..JOE?THE COMPLAINT..RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT HOWPOLICE..CONDUCTED A SEARCH..AND WHY...THE VIDEO YOU ARE ABOUT TOSEE..IS FROM THE RIO ALL SUITEHOTEL..AND A LARGE A PARTY..BUSTED UP SOME SAY OVER RACE...THIS IS VIDEO FROM ONE LASVEGAS POLICE OFFICERSPERSPECTIVE..YOU CAN SEE SECURITY LINED UP..OUTSIDE A 20TH FLOOR SUITE..AT THE RIO..117 METRO POLICE COME ON OUT..SECURITY SAYS..A NOISE COMPLAINT..BROUGHT THEM TO THE SUITE...1:30 METRO POLICE..EVERYONE IS BEING EVICTED.I NEED EVERYONE TO LINE UPRIGHT HERE AT THE DOOR..RIGHT NOW..ACCORDING TO THISCOMPLAINT..IT WAS A BIRTHDAY PARTY..WITH ABOUT 34 PEOPLE...BUT JUST AFTER 2 AM..THE PARTY WAS BUSTED.SOT: NIKKI LEVY STAFF ATTORNEYACLU 2:54 "METRO HAD ARRIVEDEARLIER NOT IN RESPONSE TO THENOISE COMPLAINT THE RIO DIDN'TCONTACT METRO ABOUT THIS PARTYMETRO SHOWED UP AND SAID WEHAVE INFORMATION FROM OUR GANGCRIMES SECTION THAT THERE IS AGANG PARTY HAPPENING AT YOURHOTEL." NIKKI LEVY..IS A STAFF ATTORNEY FOR THEA-C-L-U..SHE SAYS THE VIDEO RAISESQUESTIONS..NAT 4:19 -HEY YOU GOTTA HAVEPROBABLE CAUSE TO SEARCHSOMEBODY.4:28 - THAT'S NOT PROBABLECAUSE LEVY SAYS..POLICE NEEDED TO SHOW WHY..THEY NEEDED TO ENTER THE ROOM..ACLU 4:44 "METRO NEEDED TOARTICULATE SOME SORT OF ACTUALSUSPICION THAT A CRIME WASOCCURRING OR WAS ABOUT TO OCCURBEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO JUSTGO IN THERE AND STARTINDISCRIMINATELY DETAININGEVERY PERSON AND METRO HASNEVER BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT." METRO ENDED UP ARRESTING..SEVERAL PEOPLE.AND FOUND..GUNS..ALONG WITH A VARIETY OF ALLEGEDGANG MEMBERS,., BUT THE CHARGESDIDN'T STICK... A JUDGE..FOUND POLICE DID NOT ESTABLISHPROBABLE CAUSE..AND EVEN THOUGH THEY FOUNDWEAPONS ON PEOPLE..THE SEARCHES AND PATDOWNS..WERE ILLEGAL.SOT: NIKKI LEVY STAFF ATTORNEYACLU 9:34 METRO JUST GOING TO AWE REACHED OUT TO METRO POLICEFOR COMMENT..BUT THE DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY DONO COMMENT ON PENDINGLITIGATION.REPORTING LIVE JOE BARTELS 13ACTION NEWS.AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING BAROWNERS WHO TRIED TO SUE
A lawsuit has been filed against Gov. Steve Sisolak by the Ahern Hotel near the Las Vegas Strip.
ACLU files lawsuit against LVMPD and Rio hotel-casino.