Justice
Nevada Prosecutors Want to Jail People for Chalk Art
Anti-police brutality activists in Las Vegas are facing graffiti and property defacement charges.
Prosecutors in Clark County, Nevada, have charged four activists with "conspiracy to place graffiti and defacing property" after the men used sidewalk chalk art to protest police brutality in Las Vegas. "Murder = paid vacation for cops," read one of several slogans drawn in front of the Clark County Regional Justice Center and the headquarters of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
According to the Las Vegas Sun, the protesters are shocked that they’re being charged, as it the attorney working on their case: