The Supreme Court has opted not to entertain an appeal from Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson, embroiled in a lawsuit with a Baton Rouge police officer stemming from a protest incident in July 2016.
The case revolves around whether a protest leader, like Mckesson, bears responsibility for injuries caused by an unidentified individual during the protest, even if they didn’t authorize or direct the violent act.
The legal tussle originated after the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling, a Black man, by a White police officer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Subsequent protests against police brutality, including one outside the Baton Rouge Police Department, saw a police officer struck by a projectile, sustaining severe injuries.
