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4 Feb 2016, 5:16 am by Associated Press
Civil rights advocate DeRay Mckesson has joined the field seeking the Democratic nomination for mayor of Baltimore. [read post]
15 May 2020, 9:33 am by ACLU
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]
14 Apr 2016, 3:22 pm by Commentary:
From the moment that Black Lives Matter activist Deray McKesson announced that he and his blue vest would foray into the Baltimore mayoral race, there has been both conversation and criticism —particularly in the area of education. [read post]
2 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Walter Olson
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]
8 Aug 2019, 7:14 pm by Howard Bashman
“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 Nov 2016, 4:54 am by Associated Press
(AP) — The Baton Rouge Metro Council approved a settlement Tuesday paying activist DeRay Mckesson and other protesters arrested during summer demonstrations over the shooting death of Alton Sterling. [read post]
1 Oct 2017, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Updating our July roundup item: a Baton Rouge, La. police officer injured at a demonstration sued activist DeRay Mckesson and, purportedly, the Black Lives Matter movement after being injured during a protest. [read post]
19 Dec 2019, 6:36 pm by Howard Bashman
“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]
30 Apr 2019, 10:46 am by Howard Bashman
“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]
25 Apr 2019, 7:50 pm by Howard Bashman
“Injured BRPD officer can sue Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, court says”: Joe Gyan Jr. of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has this report. [read post]
25 Jun 2021, 8:35 pm by Eugene Volokh
[This is the case against DeRay Mckesson, brought by a police officer who was injured in a protest that Mckesson allegedly organized.] [read post]
15 Dec 2019, 9:32 am by Howard Bashman
“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]
10 Jun 2020, 7:45 am by Howard Bashman
“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]
16 Jan 2017, 12:25 pm by Nathan Mattise
The Texas Tribune kicked off its weekend symposium by interviewing activist DeRay Mckesson. [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 4:50 pm by Howard Bashman
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]
19 Dec 2019, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
[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 by Howard Bashman
“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]
28 Apr 2019, 4:35 am by SHG
But it wasn’t DeRay who threw whatever did the damage. [read post]