{"id":4806,"date":"2016-07-10T21:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/10\/black-lives-matter-activist-journalists-reportedly-arrested-in-baton-rouge\/"},"modified":"2016-07-10T21:00:34","modified_gmt":"2016-07-10T13:00:34","slug":"black-lives-matter-activist-journalists-reportedly-arrested-in-baton-rouge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/07\/10\/black-lives-matter-activist-journalists-reportedly-arrested-in-baton-rouge\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Lives Matter activist, journalists reportedly arrested in Baton Rouge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After a tumultuous and tragic week in the U.S., protesters have been arrested in Baton Rogue, Louisiana on Saturday.<\/p>\n

DeRay Mckesson, the prominent Black Lives Matter activist, was detained while protesting the fatal police shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge. The Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) confirmed the arrest to the <\/span>Advocate<\/i><\/a>.\u00a0Calls to the BRPD were not immediately returned.<\/span><\/p>\n

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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 “no justice, no peace, no racist police” as police lights flash in the background. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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