Black Lives Matter activist, journalists reportedly arrested in Baton Rouge
 

Black Lives Matter activist, journalists reportedly arrested in Baton Rouge
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After a tumultuous and tragic week in the U.S., there have been arrests at protests in Baton Rogue, Louisiana on Saturday.

DeRay Mckesson, the prominent Black Lives Matter activist, was detained while protesting the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge. The Baton Rogue Police Department (BRPD) confirmed the arrest to the Advocate.*Calls to the BRPD were **t immediately returned.

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According to a video on Periscope, Mckesson was livestreaming the protest when he was taken into custody. He appeared to be walking down the street alongside protestors who were yelling "** justice, ** peace, ** racist police." Read more...


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