08 July, 2017
The attorneys representing Tullier previously sued Black Lives Matter and Mckesson on behalf of a Baton Rouge police officer who was injured at a protest over a deadly police shooting last July. The lawsuit was filed in a US district court in Louisiana.
Filed in federal court on Friday, the lawsuit claims at least $75,000 for physical pain and suffering, disability, medical expenses, loss of enjoyment of life and other damages.
The lawsuit holds Deray McKesson responsible, among four others, for a protest that "turned into a riot" and claims he "did nothing to calm the crowd and, instead, he incited the violence" through the movement. Marine sergeant opened fire on police in Baton Rouge, killing three officers.
Although the lawsuit does not mention the police officer's name, CBS News reports the description matches East Baton Rouge Paris Sheriff's Deputy Nicholas Tullier. Long's attack was a direct response to Alton Sterling's execution-style death at the hands of Louisiana police a week-and-a-half prior. When he was told of the lawsuit against him, McKesson simply replied, "This is quite a world".
This shooting was apparently spurred by one of the deadliest attacks on U.S. law enforcement in modern history, when on July 7, 2016, Micah Johnson, 25, fatally shot five Dallas police officers during a peaceful protest against police brutality, the Advocate reported.
"Police officers are people".
A Baton Rouge police officer, who was wounded during a spate of racial unrest, is suing Black Lives Matter and some of its leadership for inciting the violence that led to his injuries. On July 7, 2016, a black man angered by what he saw as deadly racial bias in USA policing launched a downtown Dallas sniper attack, killing five officers deployed at a protest decrying police shootings of black men. He apparently posted a video on YouTube on July 10, three days after a sniper killed five police officers and wounded nine others in Dallas.
The Baton Rouge gunman did not identify himself as a member of Black Lives matter but rather an offshoot of the Sovereign Citizens Movement, an anti-government group.
Mckesson said he hadn't spoken to his attorney, Billy Gibbens, about the lawsuit and couldn't immediately comment on its allegations.
The judge overseeing the case has yet to rule on a request for dismissal.
