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Supreme Court Won’t Allow Black Lives Matter Leader to Dodge Injury Lawsuit

A lawsuit against DeRay Mckesson will be allowed to move forward.
Supreme Court Won’t Allow Black Lives Matter Leader to Dodge Injury Lawsuit
Police arrest activist DeRay Mckesson during a protest along Airline Highway, a major road that passes in front of the Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters in Baton Rouge, La., on July 9, 2016. AP Photo/Max Becherer
Matthew Vadum
Matthew Vadum
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The Supreme Court refused on April 15 to take up the appeal of radical activist DeRay Mckesson, who is being sued after a policeman was injured at a 2016 protest that Mr. Mckesson organized in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The Black Lives Matter leader is an advocate of political violence. For example, Mr. Mckesson espouses rioting and looting as a means of promoting so-called social justice and an uprising against the U.S. system.