LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Las Vegas say five people have been charged with damaging a downtown U.S. courthouse during protests May 30 following the death of a Black man in police custody in Minneapolis.
The U.S. labeled the defendants "agitators" and accused them of inciting and escalating violence, vandalism and destruction during demonstrations calling for racial justice following the police killing of George Floyd.
The four men and one woman range in age from 19 to 34. They were arrested separately in recent weeks and each is free after pleading not guilty to a felony property damage charge.
