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Black Lives Matter Can’t Sue Trump Over 2020 Lafayette Square Clearing: Judge

Black Lives Matter Can’t Sue Trump Over 2020 Lafayette Square Clearing: Judge
President Donald Trump walks in Lafayette Park in Washington, DC, on June 1, 2020. AP Photo/Patrick Semansky
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
6/22/2021|Updated: 6/22/2021

A federal judge on Monday ruled that Black Lives Matter protesters cannot sue former President Donald Trump, former Attorney General William Barr, and other Trump administration officials for dispersing a crowd of demonstrators and agitators at Washington D.C.’s Lafayette Square last summer.

Judge Dabney L. Friedrich, an appointee of Trump, however, allowed Black Lives Matter’s case to proceed against D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department. As Friedrich dismissed the majority of the cases, she noted that access to Lafayette Square has been continually restricted for more than a year after the unrest.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter who covers a range of topics, including politics, U.S., and health news. A father of two, Jack grew up in California's Central Valley. Follow him on X: https://twitter.com/jackphillips5
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