The Supreme Court declined to intervene in a lawsuit pertaining to protest organizers being sued over the actions of event attendees in three states.
liable for injuries sustained by a police officer who was attacked by a demonstrator. The decision leaves in place an appeals court ruling that effectively renders organizers liable for any illegal act committed by protest attendees in three states: Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
Judge Jennifer Elrod wrote that Mckesson could be held liable because he created “unreasonably dangerous conditions” by protesting in front of a police station and that organizers did not have toin 2020, which ruled that the Fifth Circuit’s decision needed to first be certified by the Louisiana Supreme Court, which determined that the officer’s lawsuit could move forward.
“The goal of lawsuits like these is to prevent people from showing up at a protest out of the fear that they might be held responsible if anything happens,” Mckessonin October of last year. “If this precedent lasts, it could make organizers all across the country responsible for all types of things they have no control over, such as random people coming into a protest and causing problems. We can’t let that happen.
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