Idaho TV station forced to apologize after using activist DeRay McKesson's photo for bank robbery story

A CBS-affliated TV station in Idaho has issued an apology after they illustrated a local story abut a bank robbery with a photo of Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson.

According to Business Insider, station KBOI posted a tweet (see below) on Friday night  that used a photo McKesson during a July 2016 BLM protest in Baton Rouge.

The photo was accompanied by the headline: "Would-be robber arrives early at banks to find doors locked."

Alerted to the picture by his followers, McKesson re-tweeted the story, with the disclaimer, "I haven't been anywhere near a bank robbery. FYI."

KBOI apologized in a tweet, wrting, "We messed up. We mistakenly tweeted a photo of @deray with an unrelated story link about a bank robbery. We at KBOI are very sorry."

Commenters noted that the station's website also featured the picture for a story entitled, "Officer wounded in deadly ambush sues Black Lives Matter."

The photo has since been  changed.

In a statement to Raw Story, McKesson wrote, "I'm confused as to how the image of my arrest in Baton Rouge was affixed to a story about a bank robbery in Idaho, especially given that the suspect wasn't even black."

You can see a screenshot of the now deleted tweet below: