A Baton Rouge police officer who suffered injuries and lost teeth during a protest after the Alton Sterling shooting has filed a federal lawsuit against Black Lives Matter organization and activist DeRay Mckesson, according to a news report from The Advocate.
The lawsuit alleges that the officer was struck in the face by a chunk of concrete or something like it, during a protest organized by Black Lives Matter and one of its managers, DeRay Mckesson.
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The officer, who is identified in court records as “John Doe” to protect his identity, claims that Mckesson and the Black Lives Matter organization were present in Baton Rouge “for the purpose of demonstrating, protesting and rioting to incite others to violence against police and other law enforcement officers.”
The lawsuit states that “when the Defendants ran out of the water bottles … , a member of Black Lives Matter … then picked up a piece of concrete or similar rock like substance and hurled (it) into the police that were making arrests,” which allegedly caused the officer’s injury.
