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For reasons that should be obvious, a hashtag -- which is an expression that categorizes or classifies a person's thought -- is not a 'juridical person' and therefore lacks the capacity to be sued.

U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson's ruling in a case in which an anonymous police officer tried to sue Black Lives Matter for injuries stemming from a protest over a deadly police shooting in Baton Rouge, La.

U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson's ruling in a case in which an anonymous police officer tried to sue Black Lives Matter for injuries stemming from a protest over a deadly police shooting in Baton Rouge, La.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.