Police use tear gas to break up Black Lives Matter protest on Strip By Alexis Egeland, Blake Apgar, Shea Johnson, Michael Scott Davidson, Mick Akers and Alex Chhith / RJ May 31, 2020 - 4:35 pmJune 1, 2020 - 7:43 pm Las Vegas police used tear gas and nonlethal rounds to break up a protest on the Strip shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday.