Judge Raises Jan. 6 Cases in Questioning Civil Rights Activist

A Fifth Circuit judge invoked the government’s prosecutions of Capitol rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, as she sharply questioned a civil rights activist’s ties to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Judge Edith Jones made the comparison as the court is being asked to revive a police officer’s lawsuit against activist DeRay McKesson, as the officer alleges McKesson is liable for injuries suffered at a 2013 protest in Baton Rogue. A Louisiana district court judge rejected those arguments last year, finding McKesson didn’t cause the injuries.

“The government criminally charged groups that denied they were organizing J6,” Jones said at arguments ...