Las Vegas police used tear gas and nonlethal rubber bullets to break up a Black Lives Matter protest on the Las Vegas Strip shortly before 9 p.m. on Sunday.
Longtime customer Najja Hashim talks about the looting of a neighborhood convenience store. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The manager of a Rebel gas station talks about looting at the Tropicana and Koval store over the weekend. (Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
About 100 people gathered to protest Sunday night near Downtown Summerlin. The event was mostly peaceful – aside from officers on scene rushing the crowd once about an hour into the protest.
Protesters cheer as some Las Vegas police officers take a knee during a Black Lives Matter protest on the Strip on Sunday, May 31, 2020. (Shea Johnson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Raiders are in the process of completing their move to Las Vegas. T-Mobile Arena is home to the Golden Knights and potential future NBA team. NBA commissioner Adam Silver doesn’t appear to be in any hurry to expand. Seattle likely would be the NBA’s top target for a new team. Commissioner Rob Manfred has touted Las Vegas as possible future MLB home. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Locals then converged in the daylight downtown to clean up and see the aftermath following a second night of demonstrations and clashes between protesters and police, spurred by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody on Memorial Day.
As the second night of protests of the death of George Floyd carried into Sunday morning, protesters were shot with tear gas by police asking them to disperse.
For a second consecutive day, a Black Lives Matter protest is underway in Las Vegas following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. As tensions rose the Metro Police department used tear gas on those in the area.
Despite a few attempts to stop the crowd from doing so, protesters begin to spray paint and smash the windows of a downtown Las Vegas building.
The city of Reno and Washoe County issued mandatory curfews Saturday night after Reno City Hall was damaged and looted during protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
Gilbert Burns established himself as a top contender in the welterweight division after dominating Tyron Woodley in the main event of UFC on ESPN 9 in Las Vegas. Heidi Fang and Adam Hill discuss his performance as well as Mackenzie Dern’s win over Hannah Cifers. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo and members of Metro Multicultural Advisory Committee speak at Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Las Vegas ahead of a planned Black Lives Matter protest Saturday, May 30, 2020. The protest is in reaction to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. (K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @KMCannonPhoto
Las Vegas police said they arrested 80 people Friday night during a protest on the Strip. Twelve officers were injured, the department said Saturday, although the extent of the officers’ injuries was unclear.
Las Vegas police arrested two photojournalists, including a Review-Journal staff photographer, while they were photographing a Friday night protest on the Strip. The demonstrators were protesting the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody. Similar protests have broken out across the U.S. Review-Journal photographer Ellen Schmidt was arrested, along with photographer and former Review-Journal employee Bridget Bennett. Both were booked into the Clark County Detention Center and face misdemeanor charges.
Las Vegas police said some people were taken into custody tonight during the protest about the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in Minneapolis police custody on Monday.
Hundreds of people took to the Las Vegas Strip on Friday to protest the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in Minneapolis police custody on Monday. Police were seen blocking traffic at multiple intersections on the Strip as the protest lasted into the evening. Some officers were in riot gear.
Police were seen blocking traffic at multiple intersections on the Las Vegas Strip as the protest of an unarmed black man’s death in Minnesota lasted into the evening. Some officers were in riot gear.
After losing his welterweight title in his last fight, Tyron Woodley returns from a 14-month hiatus to face Gilbert Burns at UFC on ESPN 9 on May 30. (Heidi Fang/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Police ask protesters to move to the sidewalk at Elvis Presley and Las Vegas Boulevard as protests continue near the Strip.
Protesters with Black Lives Matter took to the Strip on Friday in one of many demonstrations that have occurred in U.S. cities since a handcuffed black man died in Minneapolis police custody on Monday.
Protesters took to the Las Vegas Strip on Friday in one of many demonstrations that have occurred in the U.S. since a black man died in Minneapolis police custody.
A countdown is seen on Friday afternoon, May 29, 2020, for the reopening of the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas.
A countdown clock is running for the reopening of the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on Friday afternoon, May 29, 2020. (Elizabeth Brumley/Las Vegas Review-Journal)