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Apr 15, 2024 · POLITICS. Black Lives Matter. Add Topic. Supreme Court rejects 1st Amendment appeal from Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson. But Justice Sotomayor said the lower courts should consider...
Apr 17, 2024 · Share this -. Activist and author DeRay McKesson joins Chris Hayes to discuss the latest ruling in the ongoing lawsuit against him. “It seems to me you've got a real rogue 5th circuit here that...
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Apr 16, 2024 · The US Supreme Court Monday declined a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Black Lives Matter organizer DeRay Mckesson, effectively allowing him to be sued by a Louisiana police officer for negligence. The case at bar, DeRay Mckesson v.
Apr 15, 2024 · 300. More content below. The Supreme Court allowed a police officer’s lawsuit against a Black Lives Matter leader to move forward Monday. In a brief order, the justices turned away activist DeRay...
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Apr 15, 2024 · The justices rejected an appeal from DeRay Mckesson in a case that stems from a 2016 protest over the police killing of a Black man in Baton Rouge. At an earlier stage of the case, the high court noted that the issue was “fraught with implications for First Amendment rights.”
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. DERAY MCKESSON v. JOHN DOE. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. No. 23–373. Decided April 15, 2024. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Statement of JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR respecting the denial of certiorari.
A federal judge threw out the lawsuit in 2017, but a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the officer should be able to argue that Mckesson didn’t exercise reasonable...
