LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A Kansas vacationer concerned in a “controversial” encounter with a Las Vegas Metro officer was discovered not responsible of battery on a protected individual, her attorneys introduced Monday.
Verlonicia Carr was visiting Las Vegas when police arrested her on costs of battery on a protected individual.
In accordance with police, on Sept. 11, 2023, Carr was at a kiosk close to the Las Vegas Neighborhood Middle making an attempt to cost her cellphone after being kicked out of her lodge at a on line casino. Whereas attempting to file a criticism towards the on line casino, she was approached by a Las Vegas Metro officer.
“The footage shows Ms. Carr being forcibly slammed into a wall, then forced down to the ground and struck multiple times, and held down in a prolonged and violent manner,” the CEGA Regulation Group launch stated.
Carr’s attorneys confirmed {that a} jury returned a not-guilty verdict on two costs of battery.
“While we are grateful that the jury saw through part of the narrative presented by the prosecution, we remain deeply disturbed by the excessive force used by law enforcement in this case,” Carl Arnold, Lead lawyer for CEGA Regulation Group stated. “Our client — a petite woman, unarmed and alone — was brutalized for asking to file a complaint. The system failed her in more ways than one.”
CEGA Regulation Group stated it would file a civil lawsuit towards the LVMPD and the officer concerned, alleging extreme drive, violation of civil rights, and emotional and bodily hurt attributable to the incident.
“This was not policing. This was punishment,” Arnold stated. “We will pursue justice through alllegal avenues available to us. We will not allow this kind of violent overreach to go unanswered.”
