((amanda ortiz/alleged victim: you re an officer that s supposed to be there for my safety, or you know what i mean and at that point, i just felt unsafe.)) ((vanessa murphy)) amanda ortiz says former metro police officer richard scavone threw her to the ground, slammed her into a patrol car, and knocked out a couple of her teeth in january of 2015. ((amanda: i seen my face on the glass and my face was bleeding all over the place )) ((vanessa murphy)) the 24 year old woman was suspected of working as a prostitute - something she s been arrested for before.and after scavone s stop in this hotel parking lot. which she says turned violent..she was taken into custody. she immediately complained. ((amanda: i felt like it was wrong. i know my rights as citizen.)) ((vanessa murphy)) scavone was fired months later. in january.he was indicted federally for excessive use of force and obstruction of justice for lying on a report.. and ortiz is suing scavone, the department, and other of
glass and my face was bleeding all over the place )) ((vanessa murphy)) the 24 year old woman was suspected of working as a prostitute - something she s been arrested for before.and after scavone s stop in this hotel parking lot. which she says turned violent..she was taken into custody. she immediately complained. ((amanda: i felt like it was wrong. i know my rights as citizen.)) ((vanessa murphy)) scavone was fired months later. in january.he was indicted federally for excessive use of force and obstruction of justice for lying on a report.. and ortiz is suing scavone, the department, and other officers at that scene. ((cal potter/attorney: it s unfathomable that an officer wearing a body camera thinks that he can change the facts.)) ((vanessa murphy)) attorney cal potter is representing ortiz. ((cal: it s like the rodney king case. if there hadn t been video tape, it would have just been another beating and so you have a situation here where this young lady was beaten for
caused a 3-floor evacuation at the pyramid tower in the luxor, this afternoon. our 8 news now crew was first on the scene. reporter brittany edney now joins us with the latest. brittany.. what did the hazmat teams find? denise. investigators spent several hours looking into this possible threat but they have determined that the suspicious items.specifica lly a liquid, are non- hazardous. now. they wouldn t give us any more details on what it was because it s an on-going investigation.o nly that there is no threat. in this video from earlier.. you can see city and county fire departments were on scene with metro. investigators tell us at around 11 this morning, a room service attednent found several suspicious items and that s when police got involved. floors 27 through 29 were evacauted and no injuries have been reported. investigators say they are still looking into who left those items and if there s any possibility of criminal charges. but overall, metro says they re (( j
3 3 rain is to blame for a crash on the edge of downtown asheville. the driver was not hurt, but firefighters say he could not see in the rain, turning from patton avenue onto clingman avenue. the car ended up at a 45- degree angle on a utility pole. the road was closed for a short time to get the car back on the ground. 3 3 3 developing in burke county. a beloved landmark. destroyed by fire. now the a-t-f is involved in the investigation to find out why. the old hildebran school house was built nearly 100 years ago. but it only took hours for flames to destroy it. for the last year, residents fought to save the building from demolition after town leaders voted to tear it down. 3 it s a piece of my heart it s a piece of my heart going up over there. sad day. sad day for hildebran. the chief of the hildebran fire department credits firefighters with spreading to the town hall, which is right next door. 3 3 we are following a developing story on racial tensions at a high schoo
problem, everything up to speed on the northbound side. but it s an 8 minute commute from long sholes road to i-40 wk. that is a look at your on-time traffic report brought you by the wired mouse. back over to you. holly: it is gop caucus day in nevada. republican presidential front runner donald trump has two big wins under his belt, and he s hoping for a third, just one week before superted cruz. jay: kenneth moton reports it s a town hall for the democrats before this weekend s south carolina democratic primary. reporter: it s caucus time in america. we re going to make america great again and we re going to keep win, winning. reporter: overnight, gop front runner trump rallied his biggest crowd yet in vegas. he is bank on a hot streak that will carry him over supertuesday into the nomination as he attacks his rivals. this guy cruz lies more than any other human i have dealt with. reporter: the fight getting nasty. ted cruz fired his communications director f