(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) The Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that Black Lives Matter organizers can be sued by those injured during the violent riots that have taken place as a result of the organization, the Post Millennial reported.
According to the report, a Baton Rouge police officer will be permitted to continue with a lawsuit against BLM organizer DeRay Mckesson.
The unnamed officer was struck by an object during a riot in 2016, and is still seeking legal reparations for his severe injuries.
Reports suggest that the “the officer, identified in a lawsuit as John Doe instead of by name, claims he was seriously wounded after demonstrators began to ‘loot a Circle K’ for water bottles.”
“The demonstration was part of larger demonstrations in the aftermath of the police killing of Alton Sterling,” the report continued.
As the police arrested the thieves and rioters, their comrades began to throw water bottles at the officers.
But, running out of bottles, the rioters turned to throwing concrete and bricks.
“When the Defendants ran out of the water bottles they were throwing at the Baton Rouge City Police, a member of Defendant Black Lives Matter then picked up a piece of concrete or similar rock-like substance and hurled into the police that were making arrests.”
The plaintiff was knocked to the ground. He reportedly lost several teeth and suffered severe injuries to his skull and jaw.
Mckesson, the organizer of the riot, is the defendant, and will face charges of criminal conspiracy.
Though he has not been accused of throwing any objects or directly harming the officer, Mckesson is under investigation for orchestrating the riot.
Seeing the violent nature of the riots across the country, the Court determined that he should have been more sensitive to the likelihood of things going too far.
