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Racial Caldron in Las Vegas
Davis, M. | July 6, 1992 issue

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The article presents the information that gatherings of three or more people, however amicable, have been banned since May 17 by Sheriff's order throughout Las Vegas, Nevada's black Westside as well as in the neighboring blue-collar suburb of North Las Vegas. To enforce this extraordinary edict, Metro Police pulled up in front of Valley View Park in three V-100 armored personnel carriers borrowed from a nearby Air Force base. When defiant picnickers refused to disperse, police opened up with tear gas and concussion grenades. The media in Los Angeles has studiously avoided any reference to police misconduct during these disturbances.

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SOCIAL participation; BLACKS; SANCTIONS (Law); POLICE; MASS media; LAS Vegas (Nev.); NEVADA; UNITED States
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