Officer shot amid George Floyd protests in Las Vegas

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BREAKING: An officer has been shot in Las Vegas and authorities are responding to another shooting as people protest the killing of George Floyd, authorities say.

LAS VEGAS — An officer has been shot in Las Vegas and authorities are responding to another shooting as people protest the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, authorities said.

The officer was shot in the area of the Las Vegas Strip and an officer was involved in a shooting in the downtown area, according to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.Protesters have been rallying for days across the country over the death of George Floyd, who was seen on video pleading that he couldn’t breathe with a white police officer pressing his knee into his neck for several minutes before he stopped moving.

 

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In another news, he was reported to be in life support. We pray for his survival and swift recovery. God bless him, his worried family, friends and coworkers.

Cop on cop crime. Protesters don’t have guns.

TERRORIST

Cops shooting cops now? Or did they just leave loaded clips and guns lying around too?

stanman420

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So it was confirmed that Floyd had fentanyl in his system and resisted arrest but saying he may have died from a heart attack isnt something you’re all ready to hear yet.

Friendly fire

I think Putin's little abettor is doing a fine job of de-stabilizing the USA. Brace yourselves for Russia's move

Did he have any underlying conditions?

Hmmmm

Nevada- you are an armed society. Please show our ‘guests’ that an armed society is a polite society.

Time for the military to mount up and take care of this. No rubber bullets.

Las Vegas is home to me, so stuff like this hurts even more. Not to mention, our economy is about to reopen and people are finally going back to work. To LVMPD and the peaceful protesters, please be safe out there. 💔 Vegas

Thanks dnc

Las Vegas- calling all Good Men! Holdtheline tonight against the agitators/traitors tearing our city apart! DefendHer!

lol

Is Steve Carel going to bail the guy who shot this officer out? Just asking

Damn must have been that preexisting condition

Thoughts and prayers

Keep pushing protestors into the corner. You can cry about your officers being shot once you produce justice. None of this was hard, all of this could have been avoided.

I'm going to say the shooter committed an act of self defense.

FayeEcklar 💅🏼💅🏽💅🏾

I hope it didn't exacerbate his existing conditions or cause any adverse reactions with toxicants

FayeEcklar

That cop was no angel

Too bad we can’t have a law that says only people who support the police can have them come out to their residences and businesses when they need them.

Throw them in jail!

elenochle You spelt riot wrong

Shouldn't have been in the way of that bullet.

Another peaceful protest. You can’t stop all people from dying in police custody. Even a privaledged rich white guy like Jeffery Epstein died while in custody with guards and electronic surveillance. 0 deaths is not attainable.

Was he one of those 'good guys with a gun' they're always telling us we need more of?

ThatFencingGuy Good start

suprflyy Unfortunate bullet 😭🥺🥺

As * rioters riot

They haven’t solved 2pacs murder and that Vegas concert shooter, but they’ll make quick arrest with these though

Maybe the bodycam footage will show—oops!

Yes blame 400 years of white and black hatred on Trump - Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Clinton, Obama did nothing for blacks - except take their votes

elenochle They are NOT protesting the killing of George Floyd, they are attacking America.

Action and reaction - this is catastrophic ... how did all these get out of control ?

After days of shooting unarmed citizens in the face with rubber bullets and tear gas canisters, it was just a matter of time.

Did he comply with clear orders?

What is the media's problem with the truth. These are rioters and shooting cops burning businesses and residents. These thugs are out to destroy nothing to do with Floyd

Remember when the President said he supported law enforcement, this was after I knew he knew... WIC 👇🧐🕵️

elenochle You mean, as people riot, loot and kill in the name of George Floyd don't you? Yes, I am pretty sure that's what you meant. The ones looting, rioting and causing violence are JUST AS BAD as that cop that killed Floyd. Just as bad...

What was he wearing? Was he asking for it? He probably just wants attention.

JoeConchaTV I saw the organizing of some of these riots on Twitter. There is a point when jack is a co-conspirator.

This has nothing to do with George Floyd anymore

elenochle Not a protest for GOd's sake. Protesters are peaceful and respectful. This is an insurrection with goal of toppling BestPresidentEVer. They are RIOTING - it is MAYHEM - not protesting. Millions are watching all of the livestreams

steph93065 Thats not protesting mfers...keep actin up...keep runnin George's name around to justify being a god damned thief. We know what you are.

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And the Biden reporters rejoice. 😪😪

I'm going to wait to make up my mind until we get the FULL STORY...

We have declared the police to be a domestic terrorist force. They need to immediately stand down, turn in their badges and weapons. We will police our own communities.

JoeConchaTV Protest?

I bet there were 'possible intoxicants' involved.

LIVE AMMO

Hearing reports that the officer has a “checkered past”

pbrasga The media are culpable in this as are many in Hollywood and Democrat Party.

He had a preexisting condition, ie he was a cop. :^ )

AP gets another one

JoeConchaTV If they are shooting cops they cannot be called protestors. AP Journalists are now part of the mob.

Lemme guess, officer was shot by 'peaceful protesters'

JoeConchaTV “Protesters”! Good one.

*Yawn*

That cop was no angel. Probably had a pre-existing medical condition too. Heard they also were at fault in a fender bender a few years ago.

False flag

who care

sounds like self defence

QStormisuponus About time the media learnt the difference between 'protesting' and RIOTING.

Good. Hope the cop didn’t survive

elenochle There not protesting now. This is a war. How about report correctly. realDonaldTrump please release all military assets immediately.

100,000 dead and rising. Racial violence nationwide. 40 million unemployed. US economy collapsing. No leader to address these issues. Save America by defeating DonaldTrump in November - a waste of taxpayers money on a useless POTUS realDonaldTrump

Cops being hunted. Liberal Mayor's Sold Them Out.

Good job

all this BS that’s going down right now is distraction from this 👀👇🏻💥💥💥

JoeConchaTV His is not about George Floyd. You are part of the problem.

I’m sure it was an underlying condition that caused his death, not the bullet.

JoeConchaTV Great job media, this is your work. You divide the world with your lies and hate.

Dear AP - please stop linking these acts of violence w. the other episode. Floyd’s death did not cause this crisis, individual people did..

NBC29 well, that's a start.

Isn't that one of the arguments Americans use justifying guns, to stand up against an oppressive goverment? So...

Every time you see a video or picture of people being brutally beaten or killed in these riots. Remember these celebrities encourage violence by offering to pay $millions to anyone arrested. SteveCarell JanelleMonae CynthiaNixon Sethrogen jtimberlake chrissyteigen

Maybe a pre-existing condition? We need the whole context, maybe he deserved it.

those cops heads were just like that actually

When are the cops gonna quit? You’re outnumbered and despised. Quit while you’re ahead because something snapped in this country and people are not fucking around.

man those sound like awful preexisting conditions

Remember Trump Tweeted reminding people of their Second Amendment Rights! This is what Trump wants!

He had a preexisting condition, we can't say what happened to him

Check out the white supremists groups who are opportunists in the black communities.

Do not jump to conclusions. Many protesters are angry and want to get physical. This is an emotional issue. If a police officer was stabbed I would believe a protester committed the act. Shootings are planned, more surgical less emotional. They require a review.

omg i hope the bullet is okay

Long time coming...

I like this song....

elenochle Not protesting ......As people riot, and a governor that refuses to bring in the NG and a curfew, now has dead cops, just because he has a hard on for realDonaldTrump .... GovSisolak GavinNewsom , you both suck.........VoteRedToSaveAmerica

This is realDonaldTrump s doing, every time he speaks it is the absolute worst thing possible to say he makes bad situations worse terrible POTUS probably 1 of the weakest leader the world has ever seen he is good at acting and lying so some ppl fall his b.s. WeakPresident

Womp womp

These r not protests! People don’t get shot at protests, cities don’t burn at protests, people are not beaten just for being white at protests! Ur support of domestic terrorism is showing! EnemyOfThePeople

AxiomReport 'When the looting starts, the shooting starts.' -Donald Trump. It is so sad that he warned everyone, and they pretended he meant the government was going to be the ones shooting. The governors need to ask for federal help, they are all useless.

2 ppl have been shot

elenochle We remember your coverage of the HarvestFestival. You lied. People died. Multiple shooters. 🤥 EnemyOfThePeople

hell ya tango down

We need to wait for all the facts to come out.

elenochle They're no longer protesting morons. Stop calling them protestors.

elenochle 'Protest' we see you fakenews 👀

elenochle They sent the “thugs” to Las Vegas also!

Antifa Terrorist scum.....

elenochle People are getting shot & murdered. Stop calling this protesting.

Here in Africa we decided to take messures serious. We will apply our magic to make sure those white men never fall asleep

We know this was going to spiral out of control with DictatorTrump vying for power. You are either with the people or against the people. Can’t be both. There will be no peace without justice against white supremacists.

It's almost as if the President pouring gasoline on the fire has made things worse.

So, what you’re saying is, ONE cop has been shot over a period of 7 days? Can we get a count of how many protestors have been hospitalized as a result of trump/police brutality?

So, POTUS WhiteHouse USArmy USArmyReserve USNationalGuard USCG USNavy us_navyseals USMC usairforce ... You have the courage to go around the world killing people in the name of US lives safety but in fact you let irrational people to MURDER, ASSAULT...& DESTROY US? FBI

Antifa is now engaging in targeted assassinations as the next stage of their insurrection.

STOP CALLING THIS PROTESTING YOU HACKS.

No Chinese heard there?

Oh dear, the next battle phase has started. Trump will be murmuring, 'Why didn't I stop this crazy gun for all Americans fad?'

Never the right thing to do.

This is on Trump

These bad actors don’t represent what the peaceful protesters are doing. We can’t let these outliers take away from what these protests are trying to accomplish. That goes for the looters too, they don’t represent this movement.

Stop the presses! One officer’s been shot! Police kill black men with impunity everyday. Pardon me if I’m neither surprised or heartbroken. One might even say the police brought this on themselves. I don’t condone it, but it’s in no way shocking... or a show-stopping number!

Yesterday was peaceful. Some people want violence. Want the people attacked. WHY? No reasons given? Cat got yr tongue

Off to the gulag

After what Trump said this is going to get MUCH worse

Here, I’ll give some real news headline since your a socialist propaganda rag. THEY ARE NOT PROTESTING GEORGE FLOYD! One day your editors are held responsible for your lies.

This was predictable and avoidable but of course the so called authorities did nothing. The only thing they did consistently was maintain the abuse on minorities and working class people.

Truly sad, though unsurprised as the people in power positions continue to escalate the situation. Looks like all these people in charge reallllly know what they're doing 🙄

Hahah. No wonder! The color of MAGA is not black per Trump. In other words, NAGA is white. Terrible, terrible!!!

What are y'all having for dinner tonight?

The cop had an underlying condition

Or you could report on all the cops shooting protestors unprovoked over and over

The protest was peaceful til they weren’t.

Will be having pigs in a blanket for breakfast!!

That sucks.

r-i-o-t, not 'protest'

Thanks to bunkerboy

Prayers for the bullet. 💅🏾

sounds like he tripped over a bullet

Whomever shot the cop, was probably shooting back.

Happened after the protest was over, fuck get your story straight

Between this and Louisville, this is not going to go well...

Stop Spilling Blood in His Name! Black Lives Matter, Black Livelihoods Matter!

If he doesn't make it he died doing what he loved best; abusing minorities and poor people. Thoughts and prayers to the boys in blue.

Everyone's got guns. What could possibly go wrong?

Now comes the fascism. Scared conservatives and Trump supporters will grant Trump's cops broad powers to tackle the 'angry mobs of anarchists, and leftists'. Goodbye, U.S.A. democracy. Hello Trumpian Hellscape of America.

It was probably a cop that shot him

why don't they return fire

Fake news. Officer was suffering from a pre existing condition and died of brain hemorrhage

Helter Skelter

josefinelinden Right-wing extremists are killing cops to fuel that race war they so desperatly need to keep their leader in the White House.

The only resolution to stop this before it becomes a full-blown civil war is for Trump to be removed from power.

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