Less lethal weapons, such as tear gas, tasers, and body cameras, have gained popularity as a way to reduce fatalities in police encounters. However, their use has also come under scrutiny in recent years for their role in instances of police brutality and the questionable motivations behind their adoption. One example of the failure of… Continue reading LVMPD’s Accountability Band-Aid
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Strong Bonds Lead To Change
Two community organizations in Las Vegas, Nevada, are working to improve the lives of underrepresented communities on the East Side and promote environmental sustainability. The Fifth Sun Project and The Solidarity Fridge are separate organizations that are focused on these issues in the East Side community. The Fifth Sun Project was founded by a group… Continue reading Strong Bonds Lead To Change
Love and Service in the City of Lights
Las Vegas and Henderson, Nevada have long struggled with unhoused communities, with an estimated 6,000 unhoused individuals in Clark County as of the 2020 Point-in-Time Count. This number is likely to be an undercount, as it only includes individuals who were visible on the streets or in shelters on a single night in January. The… Continue reading Love and Service in the City of Lights
The Promise From LV Community of Hope
LV Community of Hope and The Promise are two organizations that have teamed up to help the unhoused community in Las Vegas. The founder of LV Community of Hope, Ahlam Hamdan, initiated the Mutual Aid project after volunteering with New Leaf Community in 2020. Ahlam was inspired by the idea of bringing people together to… Continue reading The Promise From LV Community of Hope
Homicide Ruled in Police Restraint Death
On October 18, 2021, Reiner Sommer, a 50-year-old man, died from “toxic effects in the setting of police restraint.” The Clark County coroner’s office ruled his death a homicide. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) was called to assist when Sommer, who was experiencing a medical episode, became combative inside a Walgreens bathroom. Body… Continue reading Homicide Ruled in Police Restraint Death
Former Officer Loses Her Son To No-Knock Warrants
On January 10, 2022, Isaiah Williams was the victim of a predawn raid on the apartment off South Nelis Blvd. Las Vegas, Nevada; Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department dispatched a no-knock warrant for a murder committed days prior by the supposed suspect who supposedly lived in this apartment. With a faint voice and a light… Continue reading Former Officer Loses Her Son To No-Knock Warrants
Organized and Ready: Fifth Sun Project
Five years ago, much of the indigenous and black youth felt the call to action by seeing mother earth die within their communities, while an increase of corruption and an inequitable world thrived. Such things happening around the world inspired a group of women of color to organize in Southern Paiute Territory aka, “Las Vegas,… Continue reading Organized and Ready: Fifth Sun Project
Organized And Ready: More Than A Hashtag (MTAH).
With some fear gas around Gotham City, we saw the uprise of a hero known as Batman, around Central City a flash lit the whole city, and the flash was born. Around a city that never sleeps within around the tear gas, a dark moment occurred and that was the execution of Jorge Gomez by… Continue reading Organized And Ready: More Than A Hashtag (MTAH).
A Gentle Giant, The Story of Sidney McKnight.
Op-Ed: On January 8th, 2020, on the 5600 block of Indian Springs Avenue, near Ann Rod and Clayton Street: Sidney De’Trae McKnight was found dead; on the floor by people within the neighborhood who called 911 to report a man passed out on the floor. McKnight’s death was ruled a homicide by; NLVPD detectives on;… Continue reading A Gentle Giant, The Story of Sidney McKnight.
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