BLM May Be Forced To Redistribute Their New Found Wealth

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Appeals court rules BLM can be sued for police injuries​

JAZZ SHAW 4:01 PM on June 25, 2023

There’s a case making its way through the courts in Louisiana that could potentially have significant implications in a country where protests have grown more numerous and often turn into violent riots. Back in 2016, long before the Summer of Love, Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson was already stirring up trouble. Following the police shooting of Alton Sterling, a Black man, Mckesson organized a protest that quickly swelled out of control. A police officer was injured during the scrum and a lawsuit was subsequently launched against Mckesson seeking damages. That case has been bouncing back and forth in the courts for years, but now a panel for the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled to allow the lawsuit to proceed. At Reuters, columnist Hassan Kanu finds this turn of events to be disturbing because of potential implications for free speech and the right to peacefully demonstrate.

A federal appeals court in Louisiana decided last week that a cop can sue a protest organizer for injuries caused by another person during a demonstration, ratifying a novel legal theory that threatens to further suppress protests and First Amendment rights more broadly.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on June 16 allowed an officer who filed anonymously to proceed in his suit alleging negligence against Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson. The court held that it’s plausible that Mckesson is liable for the officer’s injuries because they were a foreseeable consequence of his negligent planning: Mckesson planned to block a public highway — a crime in Louisiana — which made it likely that a violent confrontation with police would ensue, according to the 5th Circuit.

In case you’ve forgotten the specifics of the Alton Sterling shooting, the whole case was a mess. The entire thing was caught on video by numerous witnesses and the subsequent release of those videos created an uproar. Police were responding to a complaint that Sterling was selling stolen CDs on the street and had threatened someone with a gun. The cops did find a loaded handgun on him, but they were very loud and rough during the attempt to take him into custody. The state opened an investigation and eventually decided not to press charges against the officers, determining that they had acted in a “reasonable and justifiable manner.” But the issue was clouded when the East Baton Rouge Metro Council later awarded a $4.5 million settlement to Sterling’s family, seeming to tacitly admit to some level of guilt.

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They were ill-gotten gains as far as I'm concerned. Serves them right what will be coming down the road.

 

[ll74]

Good. They should be able to sue.

 

[HisArpy]

Unless and until the organizers can be sued personally, there's little to get now. Most if not all of the assets are gone.