ACAB Radio: Las Vegas Cops Shoot Man "Armed" with a Plastic Stick
Channel: Nevada Cop Block (NVCopBlock.org)
Date: 2018-11-09

On October 27th 2018, LVMPD Officers Cameran Gunn and Buford Kenton fired a total of 7 shots at 44 year old Lloyd Napouk, a mentally ill man who was holding a piece of plastic wrapped in electrical tape.

This video consists of the body cam videos from the two officers and a discussion of that video that took place during an episode of the ACAB Radio Las Vegas podcast. ACAB Radio Las Vegas Podcast Episode #26 can be heard in it's entirety here: https://www.facebook.com/ACABradio/videos/570280816761887/

Metro has claimed that Gunn and Kenton thought Napouk was holding a machete. Beyond the fact that it's not actually illegal to have a machete, both officers were close enough that they should have been able to distinguish that the plastic stick Napouk was actually holding had no metal blade. Also, he never rushed at or charged toward the officers. Nor did he make any aggressive movements at any time.

This was just yet another unnecessary murder by the LVMPD. Instead of de-escalating the situation or deploying less than lethal alternatives like a taser or bean bag shotgun, these officers gunned down a non-threatening suspect "armed" only with a piece of plastic and tape!

The ACAB Radio Las Vegas podcast (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSTQ9JlpLYX3ZGALCWphAAxc30Oas8B0i), which is a collaboration between Nevada Cop Block (NVCopBlock.org) and Food Not Bombs Las Vegas (FoodNotBombsLasVegas.org) is recorded live before a studio audience every Tuesday.