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A federal judge on Monday ruled Black Lives Matter can’t sue former President Donald Trump and members of his administration for dispersing the crowd of protesters at Lafayette Square last year, but the judge allowed their case against local police to continue.
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She dismissed claims against the Trump officials brought by the American Civil Liberties Union in representing Black Lives Matter that said the federal government conspired to violate the protesters’ constitutional rights during the protest after George Floyd’s death. Floyd, a Black man, died while in Minneapolis police custody.
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But she said Arlington and D.C. police could be sued for violating the First Amendment rights of the protesters in restricting their speech.
The Justice Department defended the lawsuit under President Biden.
An Office of Inspector General report this month cleared the former president of removing the protesters so he could walk from the White House across the park to a nearby church for a photo op. Instead, the report concluded that the U.S. Park Service had the authority to disperse the protesters and did so to construct a fence, which was completed by 12:30 a.m. the following day.
It also said federal agents did not use tear gas at Lafayette Square against the protesters, but D.C.’s Metropolitan Police did use tear gas nearby.
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A federal judge on Monday ruled Black Lives Matter can’t sue former President Donald Trump and members of his administration for dispersing the crowd of protesters at Lafayette Square last year, but the judge allowed their case against local police to continue.
...
She dismissed claims against the Trump officials brought by the American Civil Liberties Union in representing Black Lives Matter that said the federal government conspired to violate the protesters’ constitutional rights during the protest after George Floyd’s death. Floyd, a Black man, died while in Minneapolis police custody.
...
But she said Arlington and D.C. police could be sued for violating the First Amendment rights of the protesters in restricting their speech.
The Justice Department defended the lawsuit under President Biden.
An Office of Inspector General report this month cleared the former president of removing the protesters so he could walk from the White House across the park to a nearby church for a photo op. Instead, the report concluded that the U.S. Park Service had the authority to disperse the protesters and did so to construct a fence, which was completed by 12:30 a.m. the following day.
It also said federal agents did not use tear gas at Lafayette Square against the protesters, but D.C.’s Metropolitan Police did use tear gas nearby.
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Federal judge rules Black Lives Matter can’t sue Trump over Lafayette Square
A federal judge on Monday ruled Black Lives Matter can’t sue former President Donald Trump and members of his administration for dispersing the crowd of protesters at Lafayette Square last year, but the judge allowed their case against local police to continue.
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