this after the las vegas police union wrote a letter to the clark county chief judge..asking him to ban all courtrooms fox5's kathleen jacob is live at the clark county court house after speaking with an attorney who specializes in first amendment rights. kathleen.. what did you learn? christine.. john... i learned that this is not a black and white issue at all. while free speech is protected... this attorney told me that ultimately a judge has an obligation to keep the courtroom an impartial place. : i was shocked erika ballou never thought she'd be in this situation in a courtroom. bite: i don't think that this is a political statement. here's video of her in court... going back and forth with judge douglas herndon to remove this black lives matter pin. bite: i feel like as the world stands now black lives don't matter. more than a dozen fellow attorneys stood by her side... insisting her rights were violated. but how do those rights hold up in a courtroom? attorney marc randazza specializes in free speech law.. and says this isn't a clear cut issue. bite: my initial reaction was ...

this comes after the "las vegas police union" wrote the police chief-- asking him to ban - in his words - all "black lives matter" paraphernalia from the courtroom. fox 5 spoke with an attorney who specializes in first amendment rights. he tells us the issue isn't about black and white-- the judge has the responsibility of keeping the courtroom impartial. "i think that black be equated with breast cancer awareness. what we're trying to do is stop people from dying." "there are a lot of symbols and statements being made. was this such a big deal? i don't know" erika ballou has not been prosecuted and the hearing for her client has been moved to tomorrow. for a second night protestors take to the streets of charlotte north carolina.... here is a look at the demonstrations... police say a man was shot-- and critically injured while protesting... but it was not by a police officer. men and women were throwing bottles and fireworks... the demonstrations are in response to the deadly shooting of an unarmed black man by police.... officers say he had a gun.... neighbors say he was holding a bo

the attorney says she decided to take a stand after the las vegas police union sent a letter to judges, saying "'black lives matter' propaganda" has no place in courtrooms./// sherry, how's the weather? ((sherry swensk)) we got a few showers and some sprinkles yesterday... but as we suspected - the real rain has sprinkles yesterday... but as we suspected - the real rain has arizona. .................... a somewhat humid morning, but we don't expect a wet commute for you. at least not a morning commute - that might change by the afternoon. ............... as one system exits... another will move in and this next one will bring some big gusty winds with it... especially in the mountains. .............. red flag warnings and winds advisories tomorrow with gusts to 50 or higher in the mountains. ........... cooler 80s as fall arrives and lasts into the weekend. demetria, how are the roads? <<< back to you! >>> we should learn more in the about the two victims of a gruesome murder. family members identified the suspect as frank interliccia however, police have not yet confirmed that. the vi

i don't know" this comes after the "las vegas police union" wrote the police chief-- asking him to ban - in his words - all "black lives matter" paraphernalia from the courtroom. while free speech is protected.. an attorney who specializes in first amendment rights tells us the judge has an obligation to keep politics out of the courtroom. this land is my land... this land is my land no jas... it's..." this land is your land" right! it sounds selfish, but i didnt write the song. well our land will be free to roam this weekend. details on 'public lands day', and what it means for you. for me? thanks cc will resume shortly we wear. when we're practicing if i don't feel good in what i'm wearing i don't look good. t.j.maxx has that variety. i can get a lot for my money. it's like "yay t.j.maxx!" if you're feeling it, just go for it, don't wait. maxx life at t.j.maxx. congressman heck's become part of the problem in washington. ck voted to protect perks for politicians like himself, allowing congressmen to travel on private jets at taxpayer expense and voted members of congress, like himsel

the las vegas police union wrote into the police chief.. asking him to ban all black lives from the courtroom.. including erika ballou's small pin. we spoke with both ballou and an attorney who specializes in first amendment rights. "i think that black live matter should be equated with breast cancer awareness. what we're trying to do is stop people from dying." "there are a lot of symbols and statements being made. was this such a big deal? i don't know" while free speech is protected... the attorney went on to say... a judge has an obligation to keep political speech. the possibility of the raiders calling vegas home took a big step forward.. with governor brian sandoval officially calling a special session of the nevada legislature.. to hopefully make a stadium funding decision before election day. 63 lawmakers will have to meet sometime between october 7-th and 13-th.. but.. a lot of roadblocks are expected.. before the legislature can make the 1-point-9 billion dollar decision. "the governor had to strategize when would be the best tim

las vegas native over the move. he also lost an endorsement from air academy federal credit union. on tuesday, marshall met with denver's police chief to discuss law enforcement, police brutality incidents and training methods. marshall says he will continue his quest to raise awareness for social injustice. momentum is building for the u-n-l-v football team. the fertitta family just pledged a ten- million dollar donation to help build a state of the art training facility. u-n-l-v athletics says this is the largest single gift in the department's history. here's video of what "the fertitta football complex" will look like. the 73-thousand square foot facility will have an academic center... locker rooms... weight room... and a players lounge. head coach tony sanchez says it will be the ultimate recruiting tool. compete with anybody that we recruit against. and i'll be honest, as we grow and we move and you know, president jessup positions us to get into a bigger conference. our facility is going to hold true even in those conferences.." the project is expected to cost somewhere between 24 and 26-million dollars. it's set to br

union contract... now officers will go through months of training... situations involving police shootings around the country- in tulsa... nats tulsa gunnnn and even las vegas... get on the ground get on the ground now highlight the need for police body cameras. people want to see and hear (nat) what happens between officers and suspects. larry hadfield- lvmpd has been involved project for quite a few years we seem to be one of the lead police departmetns when it comes to this technology right now about 900 metro police officers have body cams.. larry hadfield- hopefully by the end of the year all uniformed police officers will have a body uniform camera the department is rolling out a thousand more. larry hadfield so thats a lot of cameras let me see your hands!!! larry hadfield- i think with all the things that have happenned nationally this is a part of policing each camera costs about a thousand dollars, a cost officer hadfield says is worth it. larry hadfield- and a great thing for the community (nat) larry hadfield- theres a lot of stuff going on nationally and a lot of stuff happening in the police world body cameras are a good tool that the police o

what a police union plans to do because of the actions of the athlete. news 3 starts right now. >> live from las vegas, this is news 3 today. >> anchor: good morning. thank you for joining us, as we look live outside at the las vegas valley. today is saturday september 3. looking nice. a lot of you starting a long holiday weekend. what exactly will it feel like out there? jerry brown is the man with the plan. good morning jerry. good weekend so far, right? >> weather: so far. getting better. today going to be the warmest of the three holiday weekend days, an hour ago, put it in motion. heading toward 6:14 sunrise. flush of color in eastern sky. few clouds around. and it is 81 degrees down on the strip. at 12 percent. we can handle that. cooler west. jones lake mead, 72 degrees. and more humid. but those figures coming down. temperatures generally in 70s. few low 80s, green valley, warmer thermometer. palo verde at 80. and southern nevada 59 on the mountain. 79 down at boulder city. and pahrump, nye county n at 75 degrees. and what moisture there is has and today we will look at a nice one. peaking nea