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.
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...