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 shot and killed by Las Vegas police during a Black Lives Matter protest filed a federal lawsuit against the department.
The 20-year-old man accused of shooting and critically wounding Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis will stand trial, a judge ruled Thursday.
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.
Paralyzed Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis was being transferred to an out-of-state medical facility Wednesday morning for treatment of a severe spinal cord injury, his family said.
Students and school counselors gathered Wednesday afternoon to call on the School Board to defund the Clark County School District Police Department.
During the week of Juneteenth, two businesses in the Las Vegas Arts District covered their walls with art installations and murals that support the current Black Lives Matter movement.
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.
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.
Wounded Las Vegas officer Shay Mikalonis probably will be transferred from University Medical Center to a spinal rehabilitation center and may be there for up to a year.
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.
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 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.
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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.
The communitywide event is being organized by the Injured Officers Police Fund. All proceeds will go to the family of officer Shay Mikalonis, 29, who remains in critical condition.