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Las Vegas police officer charged with manslaughter

The Clark County district attorney’s office announced Monday that Metropolitan Police Department officer Kenneth Lopera had been charged with involuntary manslaughter and oppression under color of office.

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Several arrested during protest on Las Vegas Strip

What started as a peaceful protest Sunday turned bloody after a brawl broke out in a crosswalk on the Strip. Several people were arrested or cited after protesters briefly blocked traffic on the Strip near The Venetian during a demonstration that protesters dubbed “Black Lives Still Don’t Matter.”

 
Former state assemblyman who tried to ban police chokeholds speaks out

Former Nevada Assemblyman Wendell Williams, who sought to ban the use of chokeholds by police more than 25 years ago, is calling for a public reexamination of the Metropolitan Police Department’s neck restraint policy after a man died while in custody last week.

Man dies on Las Vegas Strip after police use Taser, neck restraint

A man who was described as behaving erratically lost consciousness and died early Sunday after Las Vegas police officers used a Taser and a neck restraint maneuver on him outside a Strip hotel, the department said.