Protests heighten coronavirus concern – Video
 
Protests heighten coronavirus concern – Video

Social distancing and social unrest are at odds as people across the country, including hundreds in Las Vegas, take to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Businesses cleanup after Black Lives Matter protests – Video
 
Businesses cleanup after Black Lives Matter protests – Video

On Monday, June 1, people were busy cleaning up graffiti and repairing damage after the Black Lives Matter protests over the weekend on the Las Vegas Strip and in downtown Las Vegas. (Michael Quine & Glenn Puit/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Black Lives Matter Protest in Downtown Summerlin
 
Black Lives Matter Protest in Downtown Summerlin

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.

Black Lives Matter protest aftermath in downtown Las Vegas – VIDEO
 
Black Lives Matter protest aftermath in downtown Las Vegas – VIDEO

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.

Black Lives Matter Protest on Las Vegas Strip – VIDEO
 
Black Lives Matter Protest on Las Vegas Strip – VIDEO

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.

Tensions rise as protests continue at the Strip
 
Tensions rise as protests continue at the Strip

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.

Black Lives Matter protest at the Las Vegas Strip
 
Black Lives Matter protest at the Las Vegas 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.

Black Lives Matter Unlv
 
Black Lives Matter Unlv

While the work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. drove integration into the national spotlight, UNLV’s Black Lives Matter chapter, which is part of a grassroots  movement in response to police brutality, is broader than those issues alone.

Black Lives Matter UNLV, NAACP hold press conference
 
Black Lives Matter UNLV, NAACP hold press conference

UNLV NAACP and Black Lives Matter UNLV held a press conference on campus on Thursday, Nov. 30. They released a list of demands regarding a Tuesday, Nov. 28 incident on campus where seven North Las Vegas police officers drove onto campus unannounced and disrupted their poetry event. (Natalie Bruzda/Las Vegas Review-Journal)