Civil rights groups are seeking records from the Clark County district attorney’s office related to its criminal case against a former Las Vegas police officer.
Tashii Brown
A public review of the dismissed manslaughter case of a former Las Vegas police officer provided little new information Monday, but it did stoke frustration among critics over how the case was handled.
A later date has been set for the public to review evidence presented to a grand jury in a former Las Vegas police officer’s dismissed manslaughter case.
The hearing on Sept. 11 at 9 a.m. at the Clark County Government Center, will review evidence presented to a grand jury in the recently dismissed manslaughter case involving a former Las Vegas police officer.
Prosecutors on Thursday officially dropped criminal charges against Kenneth Lopera, a former Metropolitan Police Department officer, in the death of an unarmed man on the Strip.
The Clark County district attorney’s office announced Wednesday that it will stop pursuing criminal charges against a former Las Vegas police officer in the 2017 death of an unarmed man on the Strip.
The conventional wisdom was that former Metro Officer Kenneth Lopera was obviously guilt in the death of Tashii Brown. A grand jury found otherwise, deciding last week not to charge Lopera with any crime. There’s plenty of evidence that was the right decision.
A former Las Vegas police officer avoided a grand jury indictment Thursday, but the criminal case in the death of an unarmed man on the Strip might not be over.
A grand jury reviewing a manslaughter case against a Las Vegas police officer has been asked to consider a report from a research group with a pro-police reputation.
A Las Vegas judge on Thursday scheduled a June hearing for a police officer charged in the controversial death of an unarmed black man last year.
Nearly a year after a Las Vegas police officer was charged with manslaughter in the death of 40-year-old Tashii Brown, local civil rights organizations expressed concerns about a delay in prosecution.
About 40 people gathered on the Strip on Sunday to mourn the death of Tashii Brown, who was choked by a Las Vegas police officer a year ago Monday.
A Metropolitan Police Department sergeant was demoted last year after the controversial death of an unarmed black man on the Strip. He is fighting to get his position back.
The Las Vegas officer facing charges in the May death of an unarmed black man has filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Police Department.
A Metropolitan Police Department officer made his first court appearance Monday in the May death of an unarmed man who had been repeatedly shocked with a Taser and placed in an unauthorized chokehold.