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A lawsuit seeking damages against a Black Lives Matter (BLM) organizer involved in a violent 2016 BLM demonstration where a Baton Rouge police officer was severely injured can proceed under state law, the Louisiana Supreme Court said.
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The Louisiana Supreme Court has taken up the question of whether a Black Lives Matter organizer can be held liable for a Baton Rouge police officer’s severe brain and facial wounds after being struck by a projectile during a 2016 protest.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana's Supreme Court is now faced with the question of whether a police officer — seriously injured by an unknown assailant in a 2016 demonstration against police brutality — has grounds to pursue a lawsuit against the high-profile protest organizer under state law.
Terrebonne jail inmate injured in fall loses appeal against parish A state appeals court has upheld a local judge's decision to dismiss parish government from a lawsuit filed by a Terrebonne inmate over injuries he sustained in a fall at the jail. However, the appeals court has not yet ruled on the Sheriff’s Office's role in the case. The court will review arguments on that issue May 18. Craig Aucoin, 35, of Houma, filed the lawsuit in 2018 in state District Court in Houma, alleging he sustained injuries that affected his back, shoulder, hip, leg and head. Aucoin, who had been char...