{"id":256591,"date":"2023-01-30T23:04:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T05:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=256591"},"modified":"2023-01-31T17:07:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T23:07:13","slug":"las-vegas-joins-national-outcry-on-deadly-police-force-after-tyre-nicholss-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-joins-national-outcry-on-deadly-police-force-after-tyre-nicholss-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Joins National Outcry Over Deadly Police Force After Tyre Nichols\u2019 Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several law professors with ties to Las Vegas and the gaming sector are adding their voices to the outrage over the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tenn.<\/p>\n

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Some Memphis police officers stand near Tyre Nichols after he was brutally attacked. Five officers were arrested. (Image: Memphis Police)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Five Memphis police officers who earlier this month allegedly kicked, beat, and assaulted Nichols, 29, were charged with second-degree murder and other crimes. They also targeted him with pepper spray and stun guns. Nichols died shortly after his injuries.<\/p>\n

Each officer was fired, as was a sixth officer. The Memphis Fire Department also fired two EMTs and a lieutenant for allegedly failing to act properly at the crime scene.<\/p>\n

Following the release of graphic police videos, legal experts condemned the attacks and noted the need for long-term solutions.<\/p>\n

This incident makes clear that police violence has no single solution,\u201d<\/strong> Addie Rolnick, a professor at UNLV\u2019s William S. Boyd School of Law, told Casino.org<\/em>. She is also the Associate Director of the law school\u2019s Program on Race, Gender & Policing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Memphis police already had taken such steps as placing body cameras on officers, increasing department diversity, and releasing arrest videos.<\/p>\n

“Horrific violence happens even with these reforms in place,\u201d Rolnick told Casino.org.<\/em>\u00a0“Departments can’t stop there if they are serious about eliminating brutality and excessive force.”<\/p>\n

Casino\u2019s Responsibilities<\/h2>\n

Anthony Cabot, Distinguished Fellow in Gaming Law at UNLV\u2019s William S. Boyd School of Law, points out that casinos have a role to play, too.<\/p>\n

Gaming properties must hire, train, and appropriately pay qualified security personnel, he said.<\/p>\n

The casino industry’s success includes an obligation to its patrons that they will not face racial or other discrimination,\u201d<\/strong> Cabot told Casino.org<\/em>. \u201cSo, security training must incorporate these important values.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cSocial responsibility doesn’t end at the casino corridors,\u201d Cabot added. \u201cThe well-being and prosperity of all the stakeholders — the casino, the tourists, the casino employees, and the community members — depend on a responsible and ethical community infrastructure including a police force that is founded on professionalism, equality, respect, and mutual support.<\/p>\n

Robert Jarvis, a law professor at Florida\u2019s Nova Southeastern University\u2019s Shepard College of Law, called the officers\u2019 assault on Nichols \u201cthe latest installment in a long-running American tragedy.”<\/p>\n

Jarvis cautioned that incidents like this one may continue in the future.<\/p>\n

“African American life is and always has been severely devalued, especially by those in positions of authority,” Jarvis told Casino.org,<\/em> “and we lack the backbone as a society to demand better from those who are supposed to protect us. Clearly, we have learned nothing from past killings.”<\/p>\n

Last week, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department<\/a> (LVMPD) and Clark County Sheriff Kevin McMahill issued a statement condemning Nichols\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Last weekend some two dozen protestors marched in Las Vegas in a peaceful demonstration over Nichols\u2019 death. Las Vegas incidents were on the protestors\u2019 minds.<\/p>\n

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Statement on Death of Tyre Nichols: https:\/\/t.co\/o5zNGkYmwj<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/vLnThP9nXu<\/a><\/p>\n

— LVMPD (@LVMPD) January 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n