The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a Black Lives Matter organizer who was held liable by a lower court for a random protester’s attack on a police officer at a protest he organized. In 2016, civil rights activist Deray Mckesson was sued by an unnamed Baton Rouge police officer — "John Doe" — for injuries he sustained during a protest. Doe claimed that an unidentified third party threw a "rock-like" object during the protest and hit him, knocking his teeth out and leaving him...
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review an appeal by a Black Lives Matter activist, allowing the case against him to move forward in the lower courts.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from Black Lives Matters organizer DeRay Mckesson, letting stand a lower court’s decision that some critics fear could wind up limiting the First Amendment rights of Americans to organize protests against the government and police. The upshot is that Mckesson’s case will return to a lower court for further review. There were no noted dissents but Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote separately and said that lower courts would be able to take into...
Independent presidential candidate Cornel West has announced that he has chosen Black Lives Matter co-founder Melina Abdullah as his running mate.
The force referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) following the traffic stop on January 26; the watchdog has since told both officers they may face criminal charges.
Tyree Conyers-Page, a middling 35-year-old albino actor who calls himself Sir Maejor Page, appears to be another Black Lives Matter activist who realized that George Floyd's death could be exploited as something more than just an excuse for wanton destruction — it could also serve as a means to self-enrichment. Page, previously arrested on multiple occasions for impersonating a police officer, decided to impersonate a philanthropist in 2020, "fraudulently utilizing a Black Lives Matter...
Sir Maejor Page, 35, also known as Tyree Conyers-Page is charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Investigators say he set up non-profit Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta but pocketed donations for personal gain. Page's lawyer claimed a $100,000 Ohio house bought using charity money was intended to be a 'community center'
The officer-involved shooting happened in the area of W Holmes Road and Simken Drive
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A Sheffield Post Office has been sealed off by South Yorkshire Police, photos can show. The Post Office on Beighton Road in Hackenthorpe is surrounded by tape, with multiple police cars having been photographed outside and posted online. Local reports suggest there has been an attempted robbery, though it is not currently believed to have been successful and no one is said to have been hurt. Sign up for our free newsletters now South Yorkshire Police have been approached for more information....
The Meridian Township Board of Trustees has convened in closed session to discuss a “personnel matter.”