Legal observers and their attorneys gathered Thursday to dispute allegations from Sheriff Joe Lombardo that the observers provoked their own arrests at a weekend protest.
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Sheriff Joe Lombardo said his officers made “several” dispersal orders over the weekend as protesters moved toward Interstate 15 before a group of legal observers were arrested on the Strip.
A man accused of setting fire to a Las Vegas police vehicle during a Black Lives Matter demonstration must not participate in any protests for a month, a judge ruled.
A 20-year-old man accused of shooting Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis apparently fired two more shots after Mikalonis was injured, a prosecutor said Friday.
Prosecutors told a judge on Thursday that the suspect, Edgar Samaniego, admitted to firing his gun outside Circus Circus but said he was intending to scare off protesters.
A 20-year-old man charged with shooting and gravely wounding a Las Vegas police officer near the end of a Black Lives Matter protest was ordered held without bail Wednesday.
The Metropolitan Police Department defended its decision to hold people arrested last Friday during a Black Lives Matter protest in jail on misdemeanor counts requiring cash bail.