Judge OKs awards up to $1000 each for Baton Rouge protesters

FILE – In this March 26, 2016, file photo, Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson chats with campaign volunteers in Baltimore. A federal judge approved a class-action settlement Friday, Oct. 27, 2017, that awards up to $1,000 in cash to dozens of protesters who claim police violated their civil rights and used excessive force in arresting them after a deadly police shooting in Louisiana. Mckesson is among 69 arrested protesters eligible for payments ranging from $500 to $1,000 now that U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles has given his final approval. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)