FILE PHOTO: Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson poses for a portrait during the "End Racism Rally" held on the National Mall on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington, U.S. April 4, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sided with Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson in his ongoing effort to avoid a lawsuit filed by a police officer injured during a 2016 protest in Louisiana triggered by the police killing of a Black man.
The justices threw out a lower court ruling that had allowed the lawsuit to proceed and said that more analysis was needed on whether Louisiana state law allows for such a claim.
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