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06/20/2025

PRESS RELEASE: Federal Jury Finds Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and Officers Violated Street Performer’s Constitutionally Protected Rights

Las Vegas, NV — After a seven-day trial in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, a federal jury returned a unanimous verdict on May 13, 2025, in favor of Plaintiff Gerald Lechner, finding that multiple officers of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD), as well as the Department itself, violated Mr. Lechner’s constitutionally protected rights.

The case, Lechner v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, et al., Civil Case No. 2:19-cv-00638-RFB-MDC, was presided over by the Honorable Richard F. Boulware, II. Mr. Lechner, a longtime street performer, filed the civil rights lawsuit under Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging multiple instances of retaliation and unlawful police conduct between 2017 and 2018.

David v. Goliath miracle! Nevada District Federal Court: unprecedented PRO SE (in propria persona) PLAINTIFF federal court VICTORY v. DEFENDANTS LVMPD et. al (individual officers)

02/17/2025

01/17/2024

https://youtu.be/y_3sW6UFxWk?si=6h5zcnm4i4OMZCH2

Street performers question new Clark County pedestrian bridge ordinance For more Local News from KVVU: https://www.fox5vegas.com/ For more YouTube Content...

01/16/2024

https://www.fox5vegas.com/video/2024/01/16/street-performers-question-new-clark-county-pedestrian-bridge-ordinance/

Street performers question new Clark County pedestrian bridge ordinance

01/05/2024

"Stopping on Strip pedestrian bridges could now result in a misdemeanor conviction.

Clark County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve an ordinance prohibiting individuals from stopping, standing or engaging in an activity that causes another person to stop on Strip pedestrian bridges or near escalators, elevators or stairways connected to the bridges."

https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/clark-county/stopping-standing-on-strip-pedestrian-bridges-banned-2974921/

01/02/2024

12/25/2023

⚠️ Please sign this petition! Tell Clark County leaders that pedestrian bridges on the Strip are free speech zones, not "pedestrian flow zones".

https://action.aclu.org/nv-petition/support-free-speech-las-vegas-strip?

The attacks on our First Amendment rights won't stop on their own. Sign the petition to support free speech on the Las Vegas Strip!

11/26/2023

"Clark county is looking to keep it moving on pedestrian bridges around the strip with a proposed ordinance that would create ‘pedestrian flow zones on the walkways’ and within 20 feet of elevators, escalators and stairways."

Clark county is looking to keep it moving on pedestrian bridges around the strip with a proposed ordinance that would create ‘pedestrian flow zones on the wa...

09/26/2023

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06/11/2023

The Curious Challenges team gave every performer they came across a $10 tip 👀💰

More Curious Content? ⤵ 🐝 🐝 🐝 🐝Welcome to our latest video where we set out on a missi...