The US Supreme Court has declined to revisit the case of DeRay Mckesson, a notable figure in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. This decision comes after a previous temporary ruling where the justices had taken Mckesson’s side.
Mckesson, a BLM protest organizer, had been appealing a lower court’s decision that allowed him to be sued by officers injured during a protest. The protest in question followed the 2016 off-duty police shooting of a Black man located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and had escalated into violence. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals deemed that the lawsuit could proceed as Mckesson, they ruled, either knew or should have reasonably anticipated that the demonstration could take a violent turn.
The high court’s 2020 decision had initially given a temporary victory to Mckesson. However, the recent refusal to consider the case ends his hope for a second appearance before the Supreme Court.
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