LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Las Vegas Metro Police posted a video on X Wednesday afternoon, in Spanish, public information officer Laura Villicana says peaceful protest is a constitutional right but there are instances in which a protest could turn illegal.
Metro police’s message comes after five people were arrested Monday evening during a protest near Charleston and Lamb Boulevard. At Monday’s protest, multiple people were seen running into the intersection, causing police to shut down traffic. Some throwing rocks and bottles at officers. This led police to give protestors the order to disperse as they say this turned into an illegal protest.
In the video Metro police shared, Villicana says people have a right to ask the government for change but to make sure this happens safely there are certain items that are not allowed at a protest including large sticks, wood planks bigger than half an inch thick and two inches wide, metal or plastic tubes bigger than half an inch thick, baseball bats (unless they are foam, paper or plastic), pepper spray or tear gas bigger than 0.5 ounces, batteries, chains, bricks, rocks, glass bottles, pieces of asphalt or concrete, metal wood or plastic shields, slingshots, catapults, knives with a blade bigger than three inches, frozen water bottles, blades, ice picks, axes, tasers, pellet guns, bottles with flammable, toxic or dangerous substances with intent to cause damage, torches, lanterns, or umbrellas.
Metro said a protest becomes illegal if people block an intersection, damage property, attack others, throw rocks, bottles or things at people.
Villicana said Metro will ask people to disperse if the protest becomes illegal. Failure to leave after that can be considered a minor crime and people could be cited or even arrested.
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