Protesters target Trump’s Las Vegas hotel — VIDEO

Drone warfare protest targets Trump's hotel (Keith Rogers/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Francis Pauc during a drone warfare protest at Trump International Las Vegas, Thursday, March 27, 2017. Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal

Anti-drone protesters cross the street to the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. Christian K. Lee Las Vegas Review-Journal @chrisklee_jpeg

Anti-drone protesters in front of the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. Christian K. Lee Las Vegas Review-Journal @chrisklee_jpeg

A veterans for peace flag during a drone warfare protest at the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. Christian K. Lee Las Vegas Review-Journal @chrisklee_jpeg

An anti-drone protester holds up the peace sign at the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. Christian K. Lee Las Vegas Review-Journal @chrisklee_jpeg

Anti-drone protesters at the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. Christian K. Lee Las Vegas Review-Journal @chrisklee_jpeg

A large drone replica during a drone warfare protest at the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. Christian K. Lee Las Vegas Review-Journal @chrisklee_jpeg

A ribbon hangs from an anti drone protester's hat at the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. Christian K. Lee Las Vegas Review-Journal @chrisklee_jpeg

Anti-drone protesters Leila Kirkconnell, from left, and Eleanor Levine at the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. Christian K. Lee Las Vegas Review-Journal @chrisklee_jpeg

A replica of a drone missile during a drone warfare protest at the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. Christian K. Lee Las Vegas Review-Journal @chrisklee_jpeg

An anti-drone protester crosses the street to the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. Christian K. Lee Las Vegas Review-Journal @chrisklee_jpeg

An anti-drone protester wears a pin on his hat at the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. Christian K. Lee Las Vegas Review-Journal @chrisklee_jpeg

An anti-drone protester wears pins on her hat at the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. Christian K. Lee Las Vegas Review-Journal @chrisklee_jpeg

Anti-drone protesters at the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. Christian K. Lee Las Vegas Review-Journal @chrisklee_jpeg

An anti-drone protester wears a no drone shirt at the Trump International Hotel on Thursday, April 27, 2017, in Las Vegas. Christian K. Lee Las Vegas Review-Journal @chrisklee_jpeg

A Veterans for Peace flag flaps in the breeze Thursday, March 27, 2017, behind a model of a Reaper drone during a drone warfare protest outside the Trump International building in Las Vegas. Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal

About 20 anti-drone warfare demonstrators converged Thursday, March 27, 2017, in front of the Trump International building in Las Vegas. Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal

Brian Terrell, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence during a drone warfare protest at Trump International Las Vegas, Thursday, March 27, 2017. Keith Rogers Las Vegas Review-Journal

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