The back window to Waffelato, in the Downtown Container Park, can be seen busted after a second night of protests for the death of George Floyd, Saturday May 30, 2020.
Sunday, May 31, 2020 | 3:43 p.m.
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RENO — Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak has a harsh message for protesters who came to Reno to riot: “Get the hell out of town.”
Sisolak activated the Nevada National Guard after protesters broke windows at Reno’s City Hall and set fires Saturday night and city officials instituted an immediate mandatory curfew.
Police fired tear gas into the building, and the Reno Gazette Journal reported a SWAT team arrived to help disperse the crowd. The fires were extinguished.
At a news conference Sunday at the Reno Police Department, Mayor Hillary Schieve said rioters will be prosecuted.
“If you were rioting in our streets and doing things that were harmful to our city … we will not tolerate that,” she said.
In announcing the curfew in a statement, Reno officials asked city residents to avoid the downtown area, where a “heavy police presence” would be in force Sunday night.
The curfew follows protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee into Floyd's neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air. His death has prompted demonstrations across the U.S. and Europe.
In Las Vegas, police and protesters clashed for a second night Saturday with law enforcement using tear gas to disperse a crowd that was throwing rocks and damaging property.
On Friday night, police and protesters clashed on the Las Vegas Strip and 80 people were arrested and 12 officers were injured.
