A vigil took place was Wednesday night for witnesses of a June police shooting to help them find closure in the death of 25-year-old Jorge Gomez.
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The family of a man fatally shot by Las Vegas police during a Black Lives Matter protest last month held a press conference to urge any witnesses to the shooting to come forward.
The groups that backed the boycott also held a rally Monday in front of the Sawyer Building at Washington Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard North.
Students and school counselors gathered Wednesday afternoon to call on the School Board to defund the Clark County School District Police Department.
About 100 people stood outside Las Vegas City Hall on Wednesday morning, with NAACP demonstrators calling out what they said was the “reckless behavior” of council members.
Belinda Harris said in a Facebook post Sunday morning that Las Vegas and North Las Vegas police threw her to the ground while she was monitoring protesters Saturday night.
Body-worn camera footage released by the Metropolitan Police Department shows two photographers identify themselves as journalists multiple times as they were arrested during a protest on May 29.
A Black Lives Matter protest that began at 6 on Sunday night at Molasky Family Park ended after five hours and without any police presence or arrests.
At least seven legal observers were cited for standing in a roadway during an otherwise peaceful protest Saturday along Las Vegas Boulevard.
After more than two hours of marching, a protest Saturday night on the Strip ended in the arrests of multiple people, including some legal observers.
He turned away from the firing and toward four officers in a car who were sent out to help with the protests. Those officers said Gomez charged at them with a loaded riffle in his hand. The four officers shot Gomez 19 times.
Guy Mikalonis, father of Shay Mikalonis, couldn’t contain his gratitude Thursday as he watched a long line of donors contribute to a fundraiser to help pay his son’s medical bills.
A “Pray for Shay” parade traveled down the Strip to University Medical Center in a display of support for Shay Mikalonis, the Las Vegas police officer shot and injured at a protest on Monday night.
A vigil and march led by the Forced Trajectory Project ended peacefully Saturday night in downtown Las Vegas to honor those lost to police violence.
Thousands of protesters gathered Friday evening at a Las Vegas park for a Black Lives Matter rally and a candlelight vigil for George Floyd and other African Americans who have been victims of social injustice.
The sixth night of Black Lives Matter protests in Las Vegas Wednesday evening involved a group of about 300 people downtown.
The abandonment of social distancing by crowds of protesters raises questions about whether communities will see spikes in coronavirus cases as a result.
A fourth night of Black Lives Matter protesting in Las Vegas ended in violence, with two reported shootings, including a police officer, late Monday.
About 100 people had gathered to protest Sunday night near Downtown Summerlin, while another protest against police brutality was happening on the Strip.
Las Vegas police used tear gas and nonlethal rounds to break up a protest on the Strip shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday.
Locals converged in downtown Las Vegas in the daylight to clean up and see the aftermath after a second night of demonstrations and clashes between protesters and police.