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8NewsNow.com on MSNLas Vegas TikToker arrested after ICE protestA Las Vegas content creator who goes by ItsMzToonz was arrested following Wednesday night’s protest downtown. Karlin Martinez was live-streaming on TikTok during the incident that took place around midnight.
The leader of the American Civil Liberties Union in Nevada said Saturday’s “No Kings” protest ushered a “better outcome” than what happened during a similar demonstration in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
Las Vegas police estimate the crowd gathered downtown included approximately 800 people when they gave the order to disperse.
A Las Vegas Strip performer says he was arrested Wednesday while trying to enter his own East Fremont Street art studio, caught up in the aftermath of an anti-ICE protest
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said around 8,000 people showed up to Saturday’s protest. Metro police arrested 15 people at the ‘No Kings’ demonstration.
According to police, 15 people were arrested in connection with the protests, far less than the 94 arrested during anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protests Downtown days earlier.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) has launched an internal affairs investigation after officers arrested two livestreamers last Thursday in an apparent retaliatory arrest. LMPD officers arrested TikTok streamer Karlin Martinez and another man in the early hours of Thursday morning for failing to disperse after police declared an unlawful assembly several hours prior in response to a large protest.
Las Vegas police arrested 94 protestors and cited juveniles after a rally turned unlawful, with four officers injured.
Thousands of people nationwide have shown up at protests and rallies opposing ICE raids as unrest grows in response to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.