Louisiana: Black Lives Matter Activist DeRay Mckesson Suing Baton Rouge After Arrest

Black Lives Matter Activist DeRay Mckesson Suing Baton Rouge After Arrest

Baltimore schools administrator and Array activist Array has filed a class-action lawsuit against Baton Rouge over the arrests of hundreds (including himself) during the protest of a deadly police shooting last month. Filed on Thursday in federal court on behalf of Mckesson and two other arrested protestors, the suit accuses the city and police officials of violating their civil rights and using excessive force in making arrests during a protest over the fatal shooting of Array by Baton Rouge police. “Defendants employed unconstitutional tactics to disturb, disrupt, infringe upon and criminalize plaintiffs and class members’ constitutional rights to freedom of ...

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DeRay Mckesson sues Baton Rouge over arrests at protest

Baltimore schools administrator and Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson has filed a class action lawsuit against Baton Rouge over the arrests of hundreds of demonstrators during the protest of a deadly police shooting last month. Mckesson's attorney, Roy J. Rodney Jr., said he is alleging that the arrests of the protesters were illegal, and the jurisdiction must return to them their bond money and expunge any arrest records. Mckesson, who was among the demonstrators arrested, is not seeking damages. But he wants to recoup money spent fighting what Rodney called unlawful arrests. "It is important that the records of ...

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Black Lives Matter agitator sues Baton Rouge police over arrest

Baltimore schools administrator and Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson has filed a class-action lawsuit against Baton Rouge over the arrests of hundreds during the protest of a deadly police shooting last month. Mckesson’s attorney, Roy J. Rodney Jr., said he is alleging the arrests of the protesters were illegal, and the jurisdiction must return to them their bond money and expunge any arrest records. The suit does not seek damages, but seeks to recoup money spent fighting what Rodney called unlawful arrests. “It is important that the records of all illegally arrested protestors are expunged and that no expenses ...

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DeRay Mckesson Sues Louisiana Police for "Unconstitutional" Arrest

Out activist DeRay Mckesson filed a federal class-action lawsuit Thursday against the City of Baton Rouge for what he alleges was “excessive force” used by law enforcement during Mckesson’s July 9 arrest in Louisiana. Mckesson, a prominent organizer within the Movement for Black Lives who has been at the front lines of nationwide protests against police brutality, was one of the 200 activists detained in Baton Rouge during protests following the death of Alton Sterling. Activists took to the streets after the 37-year-old black man from Louisiana was shot and killed by police while officers had him pinned to the ...

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DeRay McKesson on the Threat to Protesters' Rights (ep. 99)

Over the last few weeks, various protests have erupted across the country in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some are related to the virus: protestors in Ohio and Michigan took to the state capitols to call for an end to their governors' stay-at-home orders. Others are calling out an ongoing injustice: the killing, often at the hands of the state, of Black Americans. The rights of participants in protests across the spectrum could be at stake unless the Supreme Court weighs in on an important decision. In this episode, we speak with DeRay McKesson, an activist at the center ...

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https://www.aclu.org/podcast/deray-mckesson-threat-protesters-rights-ep-99