The Supreme Court on Monday sent back to the lower courts a lawsuit arising from a 2016 Black Lives Matter protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, against the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling.
During the demonstration, someone threw something that struck a police officer in the face, causing serious injuries including brain trauma. The assailant was never identified, but the officer sued DeRay Mckesson, the activist who organized the demonstration, claiming that he had negligently staged the protest in a manner that caused the assault.
Mckesson said in a statement during the early phases…
