⚖️ Judge to district: release cop-student footage

🎞️ Judge Orders CCSD Transparency

The school district has until Jan. 17 to release body-cam footage of the February incident near Durango High School in which a district cop flung a student to the ground, according to a judicial ruling. The student had been recording the arrests of other youths. The district has refused to make the footage public, prompting a lawsuit by the ACLU. [Review-Journal]

⚖️ Alleged Fake Electors Enter Pleas

The six Republicans — including state party boss Michael McDonald — indicted for creating fake election documents after the 2020 election have all pleaded not guilty. A jury trial has been scheduled for March 11. [Las Vegas Sun]

• Related: My colleague Dayvid Figler posts a thread after glimpsing the grand jury transcripts of the indictment. [@OyVegas/X]

⚖️ That’s, Uh, Entertainment

You’ll recall the big hoo-ha a few months back when cops arrested Duane “Keffe D” Davis in the killing of Tupac Shakur. Let’s check in. All that writing and confessing that Keffe D did about his role in the incident, which led in part to his arrest? “Done for entertainment purposes and to make money,” say his lawyers. [KLAS]

• Related: Why doesn’t Las Vegas have a Tupac memorial? [City Cast Las Vegas 🎧]

🎓 UNLV’s Commencement Is a Go

While UNLV wraps up the year remotely, there will be exceptions today and tomorrow: graduation ceremonies will go on as scheduled at the Thomas & Mack Center — with extra security. [KVVU]

• Also: A deeper look at why students decorate their graduation caps. [Hey Las Vegas 📧]

Durango Vs. the Fontainebleau

Las Vegas recently experienced the openings of two big, ballyhooed casinos, Durango Station and Fontainebleau. Our podcast producer Layla Muhammad went to both joints and in this episode she joins co-hosts Sarah Lohman and Dayvid Figler to talk about both places, their strengths and shortcomings, the convoluted history of the Fontainebleau — and which one Layla prefers.