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U.S. Federal Judge: Black Lives Matter is a social movement that cannot be sued.

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KSweeley

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The AP just reported about a federal lawsuit filed against Black Lives Matter where a federal judge just ruled that Black Lives Matter is a social movement therefore it cannot be sued and this federal judge also ruled that a hashtag cannot be sued: https://apnews.com/b1a60cdffa1e46bb...Lives-Matter-is-a-movement-that-can't-be-sued

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Black Lives Matter is a social movement, like the tea party or the civil rights movement, and therefore can’t be sued, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

A police officer anonymously sued Black Lives Matter and DeRay Mckesson, a prominent activist in the movement, after being injured by a rock thrown during a protest over a deadly police shooting in Baton Rouge last year.

But U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson dismissed the officer’s suit and ruled that Black Lives Matter is not an entity capable of being sued.

“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 his 24-page ruling.

The judge also concluded that the officer’s own claims demonstrated that Mckesson “solely engaged in protected speech” at the July 9, 2016, demonstration, which followed the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling, a black man, by a white Baton Rouge police officer.

“It’s clear that I did nothing wrong that day and that the police were the only violent people in the streets,” Mckesson, a Baltimore resident, said Thursday after learning of the judge’s ruling. “The movement began as a call to end violence and that call remains the same today.”

The officer also attempted to add “#BlackLivesMatter” as a defendant, describing it as a “national unincorporated association” based in California.

The judge ruled that a hashtag can’t be sued, either.

“For reasons that should be obvious, a hashtag - which is an expression that categorizes or classifies a person’s thought - is not a ‘juridical person’ and therefore lacks the capacity to be sued,” the judge wrote.

Mckesson and Black Lives Matter also were sued after the sniper attack by Larry Klayman — founder of the conservative group Freedom Watch. A federal judge in Texas ruled on June 2 that the plaintiffs didn’t provide any support for their “proposition” that Black Lives Matter is an entity capable of being sued. All of Klayman’s claims against Mckesson and Black Lives Matter have been dismissed or withdrawn.
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Zubz

Banned
Wait, some asshole was actually trying to sue BLM? I'm glad we have legal precedent that it's a social movement & not a "terrorist group," though. This can help the movement in more ways than one.
 
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Nerdkiller

Membeur
Mckesson and Black Lives Matter also were sued after the sniper attack by Larry Klayman — founder of the conservative group Freedom Watch.
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Well, we're just two letters shy of living up to what he truly is.
 
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mnannola

Member
The officer also attempted to add “#BlackLivesMatter” as a defendant, describing it as a “national unincorporated association” based in California.
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It's time to pack it up boys and girls. It doesn't get any more ridiculous than this.
 
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Dyle

Member
Well duh, you can't sue God but you can sue individual churches

Maybe he'll waste more of his and the court system's time suing the New Orleans chapter specifically, not that his case has any merit anyway
 
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CDX

Member
The officer also attempted to add “#BlackLivesMatter” as a defendant, describing it as a “national unincorporated association” based in California.

The judge ruled that a hashtag can’t be sued, either.

“For reasons that should be obvious, a hashtag - which is an expression that categorizes or classifies a person’s thought - is not a ‘juridical person’ and therefore lacks the capacity to be sued,” the judge wrote.
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What the...

He tried to sue a hashtag?

Good for that response from the Judge.
 
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ShyMel

Member
He tried to sue a...hashtag, which is just incredible to me. How would he even expect that to work? Maybe he should have spent less time attacking BLM and more time learning how the courts work.
 
IrishNinja

IrishNinja

Member
cant stop wont stop eh eh, eh eh

get rekt anonymous policeman, hopefully mckesson catches that bread off that bullshit NRA TV racism (pretty sure it was dude they were slandering hard)
 
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fredrancour

Member
Veelk said:
Wait, how can this happen? Doesn't the defendant have the right to face his prosecution?
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Isn't the point of the dismissal that it's a decentralized social movement? Judge probably couldn't force the plaintiff to show cause there isn't a defendant
 
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Goldenroad

Member
This does not look promising for my #blondehairdontcare lawsuit.

Of course you care! You're not even a natural blonde Jessica!
 
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