Supreme Court Won’t Allow Black Lives Matter Leader to Dodge Injury Lawsuit

The Supreme Court refused on April 15 to take up the appeal of radical activist DeRay Mckesson who is being sued after a policeman was injured at a 2016 protest he organized in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mr. Mckesson, a Black Lives Matter leader, is an advocate of political violence. For example, he espouses rioting and looting as a means of promoting so-called social justice and an uprising against the American system. The justices denied the petition for certiorari, or review, in Mckesson v. Doe. No justices dissented but Justice Sonia Sotomayor filed a statement outlining her position on the case. The court did not explain its decision. At least four of the nine justices must vote to grant the petition for it to move forward to the oral argument stage....