LAS VEGAS (AP) — Authorities say 10 people were arrested after fighting erupted during a protest that stopped traffic on the Las Vegas Strip amid calls for a white police officer to face criminal charges in the death of a black man in custody.
Officer Jacinto Rivera said Monday that three people were jailed and seven people were issued misdemeanor summonses and released following the Sunday afternoon incident in front of The Venetian resort.
No injuries were reported.
Rivera says officers intervened when fighting broke out between a man who had been crossing the street and some demonstrators lined up across the roadway.
The rally called attention to the May 14 death of 40-year-old Tashii Brown after an officer used a stun gun seven times, punched him and placed him in what police say was an unauthorized neck hold.
