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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

June 25, 2009 - 9:44 am

Henderson police today released its final report on the May 1 death of Danny Gans, the popular Las Vegas entertainer.

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Read the incident report

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May 4, 2024 - 7:53 pm

LOS ANGELES — On the morning before a mob attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment at UCLA, campus Police Chief John Thomas assured university leadership that he could mobilize law enforcement “in minutes” — a miscalculation from the three hours it took to actually bring in enough officers to quell the violence, according to three sources.

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May 4, 2024 - 7:50 pm

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