LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – Days after protesters took over components of Downtown Las Vegas, yielding 15 arrests, enterprise homeowners are frightened about tensions flaring up once more.
About 8,000 protesters gathered on Saturday night as a part of demonstrations nationwide for the “No Kings” protests in opposition to the Trump administration. The protests coincided with a navy parade in Washington, D.C., to mark the Military’s 250th anniversary, which additionally fell on President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday.
“We just saw a big crowd coming out toward Fremont Street, and they just came out waving their flags, and their flags, it was all peaceful until people started getting rowdy,” mentioned Yasmine Lopez of Avenue Tacos Las Vegas.
Whereas many recognize the return to regular routines after the No Kings protests, the controversy and its monetary ripple results stay a serious concern for some distributors.
Yasmine Lopez, who works at Avenue Tacos Las Vegas, mentioned they needed to shut down for 3 hours Saturday for worry of bodily harm to their enterprise.
“The streets were shut down for a while, and my members here had to close these curtains down because they were throwing the gas and pepper spray. I said no, we’re not getting affected from that, so we went inside,” Yasmine Lopez of Avenue Tacos Las Vegas mentioned.
Lopez mentioned she’s not in opposition to individuals protesting and expressing their opinions, however wished to verify she and her co-workers have been protected.
Julie Sanders, minister at Paradise Marriage ceremony Chapel, additionally closed her doorways early.
“Saturday, we normally close at nine, so to be safe, we ended up leaving at six o’clock, it was very hectic. I even walked down the road to get my husband to pick me up, it was very crazy at six o’clock,” Julie Sanders minister at Paradise Marriage ceremony Chapel mentioned.
Whereas Sanders mentioned there is not any bodily harm to her constructing, she was anticipating one thing to occur, however mentioned fortuitously, there have been no disruptions.
Enterprise homeowners close to Fremont Avenue mentioned the controversy over immigration coverage and its potential to convey massive demonstrations again is one thing they’re carefully following.
