Louisiana prosecutor drops charges against 100 Baton Rouge protesters, including DeRay Mckesson and woman in iconic photo Louisiana prosecutors have dropped charges for about 100 Black Lives Matter protesters arrested while blocking traffic in Baton Rouge, including activist DeRay Mckesson and Ieshia Evans, the mother and nurse seen in the iconic image of the Baton Rouge protest. East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore III reviewed all 185 arrests between July 8 and July 11, and decided against prosecuting about 100 protesters ' including Mckesson and Evans. "These particular cases only involve facts where the person arrested failed to comply with an officer's direction to leave the roadway or public passage,' the prosecutor's office said in a statement. "While all citizens have the right to assemble and protest, they do not have the right to block streets and impede the flow of traffic.' Mckesson was arrested on July 9, The activist was released the next day after posting a $250 bail. "This is exactly the remedy we had requested and it's fair because Mckesson did not do anything wrong,' Mckesson's attorney, Roy Rodney Jr. told the Daily News. "He did not break the law, he was unfairly arrested. About four protesters remain in the East Baton Rouge Parish prison after the review. Evans, a 35-year-old nurse and mother to a young boy, was arrested on the Baton Rouge highway as two Louisiana State Police troopers covered in riot gear rushed toward her ' She addressed the arrest on July 11, after friends reacted to the stunning photo. "I appreciate the well wishes and love, but this is the work of God," Evans said in a Facebook post. "I'm glad I'm alive and safe and that there were no casualties that I have witnessed firsthand."
