On April 23, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada, over ten minority children were victims of police misconduct after being threatened at gunpoint by a neighbor. Despite clear surveillance footage and multiple consistent witness statements, LVMPD (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department) officers refused to arrest the armed suspect. This video captures police misconduct, civil rights violations, and First Amendment retaliation by LVMPD officers, caught live on camera.
LVMPD officers, led by Officer Adam Mendoza (#18681), responded to the scene after a white female neighbor brandished a firearm and threatened to shoot children over a volleyball. Despite overwhelming probable cause for felony assault with a deadly weapon (NRS 200.471(2)(b)), no arrest was made. Instead, LVMPD officers claimed they “couldn’t get people to cooperate” and advised the parents that pressing charges would be “optional,” violating Nevada’s mandatory arrest requirements (NRS 171.124).
During lawful livestreaming for public accountability, Officer Adam Mendoza obstructed my First Amendment right to record by stepping directly into my camera frame as I requested another officer’s badge number. Mendoza then shouted to drown out my request, and another officer refused to repeat his badge number, further violating transparency standards. Upon reviewing the livestream footage, Officer Mendoza is seen making an obscene “middle finger” gesture toward me, a blatant act of First Amendment retaliation caught live.
The assigned detective also failed to wear a body camera during the encounter, violating Nevada’s mandatory body-worn camera law (NRS 289.830). Despite repeated requests for supervisory oversight, no sergeant was made available, exposing a serious lack of accountability during this police misconduct incident involving minors.
On April 24, 2025, I submitted a public records request for the official CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch) report related to the incident. The request was unlawfully denied under the pretext of an “open investigation,” violating Nevada’s Public Records Act (NRS 239.010). That same day, I filed a formal complaint with LVMPD Internal Affairs and issued a legal notice to preserve all related evidence. During my meeting with Internal Affairs, officers refused to provide basic information regarding probable cause and abruptly terminated the meeting, reinforcing a continuing pattern of police obstruction and misconduct.
On April 25, 2025, I reported this serious police misconduct to the FBI, the NAACP Legal Redress Committee, and the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.
As a direct result of both the neighbor’s armed threat and LVMPD’s ongoing civil rights violations, my family was forced to flee our home and undergo emergency relocation. Minor children involved are now in trauma therapy to address emotional and psychological harm caused by the armed threat and law enforcement’s failure to protect minority children.
Summary of Violations:
• NRS 200.471 – Assault with a Deadly Weapon (Failure to Arrest)
• NRS 171.124 – Mandatory Arrest Without Warrant (Felony Committed in Presence)
• NRS 289.830 – Failure to Use Body-Worn Cameras (Police Misconduct)
• NRS 239.010 – Denial of Public Records (CAD Request Obstruction)
• 42 U.S.C. § 1983 – Civil Rights Violations (Equal Protection Clause, First Amendment Retaliation)
• Marsy’s Law for Nevada Victims – Failure to Protect Minor Victims
Formal complaints have been filed. This is part of an ongoing civil rights effort to hold LVMPD accountable for obstruction of justice, repeated police misconduct, First Amendment violations, and the department’s failure to protect minority children from violent threats.
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