[dropcap]Black[/dropcap] Lives Matter is a social movement like the Tea Party or the civil rights movement and therefore cannot be sued, a federal judge ruled on Thursday.
A police officer anonymously sued Black Lives Matter and DeRay Mckesson, a prominent activist, after being injured by a rock thrown during a protest over a deadly police shooting in Baton Rouge last year.
Brian Jackson, a US district judge, dismissed the officer’s suit and ruled that Black Lives Matter was not an entity capable of being sued. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″]
“Although many entities have utilized the phrase ‘black lives matter’ in their titles or business designations, Black Lives Matter itself is not an entity of any sort,” Jackson wrote in a 24-page ruling.
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