SCOTUS sides w/BLM activist. Twitter tantrum to follow
Nov 2, 2020 18:17:43 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2020 18:17:43 GMT
"The Supreme Court on Monday sided with prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson, who is fending off a lawsuit from a police officer injured at a protest that McKesson attended.
The justices, in an unsigned order, wrote that a federal appeals court should have obtained guidance from a Louisiana state court before allowing the officer's lawsuit to move forward, and sent the case back to be reconsidered.
The decision appeared to be 7-1, with Justice Clarence Thomas the only noted dissent. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was sworn in a week ago, did not participate in the case."
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/02/supreme-court-sides-with-activist-deray-mckesson-in-protest-lawsuit.html
"The 2016 incident in Baton Rouge, La., followed the shooting death of Alton Sterling by a white police officer, which triggered weeks of protests across the U.S.
The officer, identified as John Doe, was struck in the face by a rock. He sued DeRay Mckesson, a Black Lives Matter activist, on the theory that he “knew or should have known … that violence would result.”
The officer, who suffered injuries to his brain, jaw and teeth, also sued Black Lives Matter. That was tossed out on the theory that BLM is a social movement and cannot be sued.
Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson talked to the media after his release from the Baton Rouge jail in July of 2016.
McKesson rose to prominence as an activist in the BLM movement during protests in Ferguson, Mo., following the August 2014 shooting death of Black teen Michael Brown by a white police officer.
The American Civil Liberties Union took up Mckesson's cause after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in New Orleans, reversed a district judge's ruling and ruled the lawsuit could go forward.
The Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion, said that appeals court should not have reached its ruling, based on free speech rights, without a clear understanding of Louisiana law. They sent the case back for further review."
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The justices, in an unsigned order, wrote that a federal appeals court should have obtained guidance from a Louisiana state court before allowing the officer's lawsuit to move forward, and sent the case back to be reconsidered.
The decision appeared to be 7-1, with Justice Clarence Thomas the only noted dissent. Justice Amy Coney Barrett, who was sworn in a week ago, did not participate in the case."
www.cnbc.com/2020/11/02/supreme-court-sides-with-activist-deray-mckesson-in-protest-lawsuit.html
"The 2016 incident in Baton Rouge, La., followed the shooting death of Alton Sterling by a white police officer, which triggered weeks of protests across the U.S.
The officer, identified as John Doe, was struck in the face by a rock. He sued DeRay Mckesson, a Black Lives Matter activist, on the theory that he “knew or should have known … that violence would result.”
The officer, who suffered injuries to his brain, jaw and teeth, also sued Black Lives Matter. That was tossed out on the theory that BLM is a social movement and cannot be sued.
Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson talked to the media after his release from the Baton Rouge jail in July of 2016.
McKesson rose to prominence as an activist in the BLM movement during protests in Ferguson, Mo., following the August 2014 shooting death of Black teen Michael Brown by a white police officer.
The American Civil Liberties Union took up Mckesson's cause after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in New Orleans, reversed a district judge's ruling and ruled the lawsuit could go forward.
The Supreme Court, in an unsigned opinion, said that appeals court should not have reached its ruling, based on free speech rights, without a clear understanding of Louisiana law. They sent the case back for further review."
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