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Thursday, 28 March 2024

Protesters crash trail ribbon-cutting

Credit: KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas
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Protesters crash trail ribbon-cutting
Protesters crash trail ribbon-cutting

Protesters and counter-protesters crash trail ribbon-cutting today at Floyd Lamb State Park in Las Vegas.

SHOWED UP ON HORSE-BACK.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER SEANDELANCEY WAS THERE - - WHEN THETWO GROUPS CLASHED.SEAN DELANCEY YEAH - -EVERYBODY IS VERY PASSIONATEABOUT FLOYD LAMB PARK OUT HERE,THE CLASHES BETWEEN PROTESTERSTURNING AT TIMES SOMEWHATVIOLENT.EVERYONE OUT HERE WANTING TOHAVE THEIR SIDE HEARD - -ABOVE THE OTHER.PKG A SIMPLE RIBBON CUTTING...(NATS: CUT) INTERRUPTED LOUDLYBY PROTESTORS - - RAILINGAGAINST CITY OF LAS VEGAS MAYORPRO-TEM MICHELE FIORE...(NATS: CHANTS) AND COUNTERPROTESTORS ON HORSEBACK...(NATS: HORSE CHARGING -SCREAMS) ALL OVER PROPOSEDRENOVATIONS - - TURNING THEPARK'S HISTORIC HAYBARN INTO ANEVENTS PAVILLION.KAREN LIVINGSTON "IT'SSOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BEPROTECTED...KAREN LIVINGSTON ORGANIZED THEPROTESTS....SORRY I JUST GET EMOTIONALRIGHT NOW BECAUSE FLOYD LAMBDOESN'T HAVE A VOICE." SHE ANDOTHER PROTESTORS ARE AFRAIDTHE PARK RENOVATIONS WOULDENCOURAGE PARTYING IN THETRANQUIL AREA - AND POTENTIALLYHARM WILDLIFE UNIQUE TO THEPARK.LIVINGSTON "IT'S JUST NOT GOINGTO BE CONDUCIVE TO WHAT THISPARK IS KNOWN FOR." WEBB "WEJUST WANT TO SAVE THE PARK FOREVERYONE'S USE."COUNTER-PROTESTERS LIKE BETHWEBB WANT THE PARK UPGRADES -- SAYING IT DIVERSIFIES THEPARK'S USES.CITY MAYOR PRO-TEMP MICHELEFIORE SAYS THE PLANS HAVE BEENTHREE YEARS IN THE MAKING - -AND THEY'RE NECESSARY TO SAVETHAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING.SO IF THEY DON'T WANT THEHAYBARN FIXED, THEN TOO BAD.THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN."LIVINGSTON SAYS THEY'REAPPEALING TO THE STATEATTORNEY GENERAL OFFICE - TOPOTENTIALLY BLOCK THERENOVATION.FIORE - SAYS THE ACTION ISLEGAL.SEAN DELANCEY - - 13 ACTIONNEWS.A VICTORY LAP FOR GRADUATES.COMING UP...

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