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10 Aug 2020, 5:30 am
The case arose out of incidents at a Black Lives Matter protest that was allegedly organized by well-known activist, Deray McKesson, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [read post]
10 Jun 2020, 7:45 am
“Nationwide Protests May Resound in Supreme Court First Amendment Case; The petition from a Black Lives Matter leader, DeRay Mckesson, takes on new importance amid the national protests that followed the death of George Floyd in the custody of police in Minneapolis”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report. [read post]
1 Jun 2020, 5:25 am
As Ashley Yates, a prominent leader and organizer during the uprising in Ferguson, MO, told a reporter in 2016, “We started to use Twitter and Facebook and Instagram as a way to just get the word out, to contrast the stark mainstream media blackout that was occurring”, or as activist Deray McKesson succinctly put it: “...In Ferguson we became unerased, and that was solely because of social media. [read post]
29 May 2020, 2:17 pm
Ruhel’s words have been shared across social media by everyone from San Francisco Chronicle restaurant critic Soleil Ho, a former Minneapolis resident, to television host and chef Andrew Zimmern and activist DeRay Mckesson, as a powerful expression of the value of human life over property. [read post]
15 May 2020, 9:33 am
Now, 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 of At Liberty, we speak with DeRay McKesson, an activist at the center of an important ACLU case that threatens our right to protest. [read post]
5 Mar 2020, 2:06 pm
The one thing we know with certainty — and based on the officer’s own allegations — is that the individual the officer sued is not the person who threw the object, but our client, DeRay Mckesson — an activist who was there to add his voice and to amplify others. [read post]
30 Jan 2020, 8:24 am
" The majority of our colleagues have thus grievously failed to do what should have been done: Take up this case, apply the longstanding protections of the First Amendment, and conclude, as the district court did, that Doe's lawsuit against DeRay Mckesson should be dismissed. [read post]
2 Jan 2020, 3:00 am
Racial activist Deray Mckesson led a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that illegally occupied a roadway; in the ensuing confrontations, an unidentified person threw a missile that seriously injured a police officer. [read post]
20 Dec 2019, 5:01 am
As I understand it, DeRay Mckesson has a total defense to the lawsuit against him, simply because it was brought by a police officer and the Professional Rescuer's Doctrine thus applies—it's just that Mckesson's lawyers haven't yet raised that argument. [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 6:36 pm
“Trump judge says his ruling attacking protesters’ First Amendment rights was wrong; Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson is fighting to save his First Amendment rights”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox. [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 5:01 am
[The case, in which Judge Don Willett has just switched to dissenting, should be an easy win for DeRay Mckesson—but on a theory that hadn't been asserted in court.] [read post]
18 Dec 2019, 7:48 am
“A Stunning Vote Reversal in a Controversial First Amendment Case: A Fifth Circuit panel judge has changed his mind about DeRay Mckesson’s liability for violence at a Baton Rouge protest, but Americans’ right to protest is still under assault. [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 6:42 pm
Mckesson, a tort suit against activist Deray Mckesson for allegedly inspiring protests that turned violent. [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 4:50 pm
DeRay Mckesson received some good news today from the Fifth Circuit — one of the judges on the original three-judge panel that unanimously ruled against him has changed his vote: Circuit Judge Don R. [read post]
15 Dec 2019, 9:32 am
“Don’t Let the First Amendment Forget DeRay Mckesson; An activist is on trial for being an activist, and the Supreme Court needs to protect anti-police protesters”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic. [read post]
9 Dec 2019, 8:52 am
The A.C.L.U. asked the Supreme Court to hear an appeal from DeRay Mckesson, a Black Lives Matter activist sued by a Louisiana police officer. [read post]
8 Aug 2019, 7:14 pm
“Appeals court says activist DeRay Mckesson has no First Amendment defense in Baton Rouge protest”: The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has this report on a ruling on panel rehearing that the U.S. [read post]
23 Jul 2019, 9:27 am
The Associated Press reports that the new Council on Criminal Justice will be headed by a bipartisan group of sentencing reformers including former California Governor Jerry Brown, Cal Supreme's Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye, former Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, and Black Lives Matter organizer DeRay Mckesson among others. [read post]
6 May 2019, 10:06 am
The organizer of the protest, BLM member DeRay Mckesson of Baltimore, is the target of the lawsuit. [read post]
30 Apr 2019, 10:46 am
“Speech Rights for Trump, but Not DeRay Mckesson: The Black Lives Matter organizer was sued for ‘negligently’ leading a protest at which someone else became violent. [read post]
