Nearly a year after a Las Vegas police officer was charged with manslaughter in the death of 40-year-old Tashii Brown, local civil rights organizations expressed concerns about a delay in prosecution.
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A Metropolitan Police Department sergeant was demoted last year after the controversial death of an unarmed black man on the Strip. He is fighting to get his position back.
A federal civil rights lawsuit was filed Tuesday on behalf of the children of a man who died while being restrained by a Las Vegas police officer.
A Las Vegas police officer told officer Kenneth Lopera to release his chokehold on Tashii Brown, but the officer continued his hold for another 46 seconds, a Metropolitan Police Department report on the officer’s arrest shows.
What started as a peaceful protest Sunday turned bloody after a brawl broke out in a crosswalk on the Strip. Several people were arrested or cited after protesters briefly blocked traffic on the Strip near The Venetian during a demonstration that protesters dubbed “Black Lives Still Don’t Matter.”
Weekend death of Tashii Brown, 40, of Las Vegas occurred after he was stunned with a Taser, punched and put in a neck controversial neck hold.