Black Lives Matter leader DeRay Mckesson released after overnight detention
Source: The Washington Post
Police arrested a prominent Black Lives Matter activist and more than 200 other people late Saturday and early Sunday on a night of tension and unrest during protests over the recent fatal shootings of black men.
DeRay Mckesson, one of the most visible faces of the Black Lives Matter movement, was among 120 people arrested in Baton Rouge, and at least 100 others were detained in St. Paul, Minn., following what police described as rioting there that injured 21 officers.
Mckesson was freed Sunday afternoon, authorities reported. No details were immediately available on the conditions of his release.
The protests began Saturday with demands for accountability from police and stretched into early Sunday in Baton Rouge and St. Paul, where tensions are most raw after the deaths of Alton Sterling in the Louisiana city and of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, a St. Paul suburb.
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