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Black Lives Matter Leader DeRay McKesson Sues Fox News

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DeRay McKesson – one of the leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement – is suing Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro for saying he directed protesters to attack a police officer, reports CBS News. McKesson says Pirro was on “Fox & Friends” on Sept. 28, discussing a lawsuit filed by a cop against BLM. According to the lawsuit, Pirro made a series of outrageous and false statements about him. In the docs, obtained by TMZ, DeRay says Pirro blamed him for directing the violence, and added, “You’ve got a police officer who was injured, he was injured at the direction of DeRay McKesson.” DeRay believes Pirro made her statements knowing they were false, and it’s damaged his reputation and endangered him as a civil rights activist. A federal judge ruled McKesson was expressing his right to free speech at the demonstration, and it wasn’t his fault that the officer got hurt. Fox has responded and has said Pirro is protected under the First Amendment and will fully protect her rights.

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