Legal observes allegedly arrested in Las Vegas

Legal observes allegedly arrested in Las Vegas at a Black Lives Matter protest, Gov.

Sisolak calls for an investigation.

INVESTIGATION INTO ALLEGATIONSOF LEGAL OBSERVERS BEINGARRESTED DURING LAST NIGHT'SPROTEST.SAYING - QUOTE -- ANY REPORTSOF POLICE ACTION AGAINST LEGALOBSERVERS SHOULD BE FULLYINVESTIGATED AND REVIEWED SO AFULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHATHAPPENED CAN BE DETERMINED.METRO NOT COMMENTING YET ON THEALLEGED ARRESTS.BUT A LAWYER WHO'S WATCHEDTHESE PROTESTS UNFOLD SAYS SOMEPEOPLE SHOULD'VE NEVER BEENDETAINED.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER ASTRIDMENDEZ IS LIVE WITH MORE ONWHAT UNFOLDED.MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE DEMANDINGTHEIR VOICES BE HEARDYESTERDAY-- TONIGHTA SIMILAR DEMAND AS WE PREPAREFOR ANOTHER BLACK LIVES MATTERPROTEST HEREAT MOLASKY FAMILY PARK.I SPOKE WITH ONE ATTORNEY WHOSAYS HER CLIENTS SHOULD HAVENEVER BEEN DETAINED DURING LASTNIGHT'S DEMONSTRATIONS.A PEACEFUL PROTEST DRAWINGDOZENS TO THE LAS VEGAS STRIPSATURDAY NIGHT...AMONG THOSE IN THE CROWD--LEGAL OBSERVERS.LISA RASMUSSEN IS THE ATTORNEYREPRESENTING SOME OF THEM.SHE CONFIRMED THAT ONE OF THOSEWHO WAS DETAINED WAS ATTORNEYJOHN PIRO--WHOM THE GOVERNORTHANKED EARLIER THIS MONTH FORVOLUNTERING TO TRAIN LEGALOBSERVERS IN NEVADA.RAMUSSEN SAYS THAT GROUP HAS ALOT OF RESPONSIBILITY-- SOTLISA "THEY'RE ALSO THERE TOMAKE SURE THAT PEOPLEUNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE CAN DOAND THEY'RE RIGHTS AND TO MAKESURE THAT IS A PEACEFULPROTEST.THEY;RE OBSERVING AND THEY;RETHERE TO DOCUMENT PROBLEMS SOTHAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CANRESPOND TO THEM"RASMUSSEN SAYS THOSE SHEREPRESENTED WERE DETAINED FOROBSTRUCTING THE ROADWAY...SOT LAISA ""I'M HEARING PRETTYCONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD,THAT THE ORDERS TO DISPERSESOME COMING RANDOMLY AND THATNOBODY IS TOLD WHERE TODISPERSE AND IF THEY DON'TDISPERSE IMMEDIATELY OR IN THEWHIM OF METRO, THEY'REARRESTED." WE SPOKE TO SOMEPROTESTERS WHO PARTICIPATEDLAST NIGHT AND THEY SAY SOME OFTHE COMMANDS FROM METRO WERECONFUSING-- SOT LAEKYN "ONCEEVERYBODY GOT CONFUSED ABOUTWHICH SIDEWALKS TO USE ANDBEING TOLD DIFFERENT THINGS BYDIFFERENT OFFICERS, THATS WHENTENSIONS ROSE AND PEOPLESTARTED GETTING GRABBED OUT OFTHE CROWD"METRO HAS YET TO RELEASEDETAILS ON HOW MANY ARRESTSWERE MADE LASTNIGHT...WE REACHED OUT TO THEM AGAINTODAY AND HAVE YET TO HEARBACK.THE ACLU OF NEVADA IS ALSORESPONDING TO THE ALLEGEDARRESTS.SAYING -- QUOTE -- WE AREUNITED IN SOLIDARITY WITHPROTESTORS ACROSS THE COUNTRYDEMANDING AN END TO VIOLENT,RACIST POLICING.IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT PROTESTSDEMANDING JUSTICE FOR POLICEBRUTALITY ARE BEING MET WITHPOLICE BRUTALITY."FOR THE THIRD TIME ATTORNEY