The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) has launched an internal affairs investigation after officers arrested two livestreamers last Thursday in an apparent retaliatory arrest.
LMPD officers arrested TikTok streamer Karlin Martinez and another man in the early hours of Thursday morning for failing to disperse after police declared an unlawful assembly several hours prior in response to a large protest. However, a video shows that the group of officers marching by Martinez and the other man were largely ignoring the duo—except for some mocking comments from the officers—and walking away until the man shouted back, "How about honor your oath, bitch?"
At that point, the group of officers turned back around and violently arrested Martinez and the other man, making comments like "Don't run your mouth at me" and "This ain't fucking L.A."
