BATON ROUGE, La. (The Washington Post via Portland Press Herald/NEWS CENTER) — 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 – and an alumnus of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine – was among 120 people arrested in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and at least 100 others were detained in St. Paul, Minnesota, following what police described as rioting there that left 21 officers injured.
Mckesson was freed Sunday afternoon, authorities reported. No details were immediately available on the conditions of his release.
The 2007 Bowdoin College graduate was using Periscope at the time of his arrest, and the incident was caught on film.
That video is posted below. Mckesson appears to be tackled by a law enforcement official around the 4:45-mark.
Here's the #Periscope posted by Bowdoin grad @deray Saturday night. (Warning: Video comments include foul language) https://t.co/VCxoo5u438
— Liam Nee (@LiamNee) July 10, 2016
(WARNING: Public comments via Twitter that appear within the video contain foul language.)