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A locally known Ferguson activist who protested in the streets seeking justice for Michael Brown Jr.s death was killed early Tuesday, September 6 in North St. Louis County.
Darren Seals, 29, was a factory line worker and hip-hop musician. Following the death of Mike Brown an unarmed black teenager who was fatally shot by a white Ferguson police officer Seals protested in the streets of Ferguson.
Seals was extremely vocal about issues surrounding Browns death and the St. Louis region. He was featured in national news outlets such as The Washington Post and Al Jazeera.
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Fellow activists took to social media to mourn his loss. Ashley Yates, an activist who protested in Ferguson, wrote Darren King D Seals stood for Mike Brown and is and will always be a part of my Ferguson family. Rest in power, D.
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Police say their investigation revealed that Seals suffered a gunshot wound before the car was set on fire. The incident is currently being investigated as a homicide.
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Cross gently, Darren


Greywing
(1,128 posts)and I just don't have much faith in the police will catch the murderer(s). I'm at a loss for words.
mcar
(43,893 posts)

Catherine Vincent
(34,545 posts)Tragic!
KT2000
(21,167 posts)I hope they catch the person(s) who did this.
Feeling the Bern
(3,839 posts)the guy gets off.
Remember, they are threatening to not protect the 49ers because of their QB's stance against police brutality.
Cockroaches don't like light shone upon them. And police are cockroaches.
ecstatic
(34,604 posts)who are responsible?
Volaris
(10,737 posts)This was one of the boys in blue, or made to look that way.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)philosslayer
(3,076 posts)n/t
TipTok
(2,474 posts)LittleDuckie
(42 posts)Check out his Twitter timeline: http://twitter.com/KingDSeals
It's full of bizarre, semi-coherent ranting against Hillary, feminists, Black Lives Matter (no, really), rape victims, white people in general, etc., etc.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)LittleDuckie
(42 posts)I'm just pointing out that the guy was hardly a mainstream Democrat. Kinda like that other guy that everyone around here is so fond of.
Look, it's not my fault that DUers automatically assume that black = Democrat.
salin
(48,958 posts)Some rule that says folks can't express concern unless the victim is a mainstream Democrat? Been here a long time .. that's a new one on me - and I am not sure to whom ('that other guy') you are referring.
Iggo
(48,704 posts)
Enough what? Enough reality? It's not my fault that some on DU blindly idolize people who are not actually on our side.
Iggo
(48,704 posts)
salin
(48,958 posts)Heard an interview this afternoon with another Ferguson based protest organizer in which this reminder came up. The other happened, irrc, after one of the big protests after the cop verdict was released.