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2016-09-07 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Ferguson Protest Leader Darren Seals Found Dead in Vehicle
[NYT] The body of an activist from St. Louis who led protests about the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., in 2014 was found with a gunshot wound in the charred remains of a vehicle on Tuesday morning, according to the police and news accounts.

The activist, Darren Seals, 29, was found inside the vehicle on Diamond Drive in Riverview in St. Louis County around 1:50 a.m., the St. Louis County Police Department said in a statement. The vehicle had been on fire and he was found after the flames were extinguished.

The police said Mr. Seals had lived at an address on Millburn Drive in St. Louis, about 12 miles from where his body was found. The case is being investigated as a homicide by the department’s Bureau of Crimes Against Persons. The motive for the killing was unknown.

The police identified Mr. Seals as Daren Seals, although other records listed the spelling of his first name as Darren, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

On his Twitter account, Mr. Seals described himself as a businessman, revolutionary, activist and "Unapologetically BLACK, Afrikan in AmeriKKKa, Fighter, Leader."

He helped lead protests after Mr. Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed on Aug. 9, 2014, by Darren Wilson, a white police officer, in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis.

The shooting prompted protests that roiled the area for weeks. On Nov. 24, 2014, the St. Louis County prosecutor announced that a grand jury had decided not to indict Mr. Wilson. That announcement set off another wave of protests.

In an interview with MTV.com, Mr. Seals described the night the grand jury announcement was made. He said he was with Mr. Brown’s mother and some friends outside the Ferguson Police Department.

He said the decision not to indict the officer was "the ultimate slap in the face."

"And for Mike Brown’s mother to be right there in my arms crying -- she literally cried in my arms -- it was like I felt her soul crying," he said. "It’s a different type of crying. I’ve seen people crying, but she was really hurt. And it hurt me. It hurt all of us."

Mr. Seals led protests with the group Hands Up United, which was organizing a campaign called Polls Ova Police, which sought to use this year’s elections to challenge police policies.

"The broken systems and policies that police enforce must be challenged," the project said on its website. "We will not vote in favor of any candidate partnering with those who are not fighting for Black life. Polls Ova Police is the war cry of this generation."

On Twitter, supporters paid tribute to Mr. Seals on Tuesday:

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Posted by Besoeker 2016-09-07 12:03|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ]  Top

#1 Hopefully, he never contributed to the gene pool, before his opportune departure from this mortal coil.
Posted by Lone Ranger 2016-09-07 12:11||   2016-09-07 12:11|| Front Page Top

#2 Arrangements are pending. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Darren's favorite cause.
Posted by Besoeker 2016-09-07 12:57||   2016-09-07 12:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Must have pissed Bill or Hill off somehow.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2016-09-07 13:53||   2016-09-07 13:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Were his hands up?
Posted by AlanC 2016-09-07 14:17||   2016-09-07 14:17|| Front Page Top

#5 The police identified Mr. Seals as Daren Seals, although other records listed the spelling of his first name as Darren

"Darren was my slave name, so I go by Daren"
Posted by Frank G 2016-09-07 14:18||   2016-09-07 14:18|| Front Page Top

#6 Darren was my slave name
Sounds like the guy overdosed on stupidity.
Posted by JohnQC 2016-09-07 14:43||   2016-09-07 14:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Any bets it was another black guy that shot him?
Posted by DarthVader 2016-09-07 14:43||   2016-09-07 14:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Naaahhhhh - that's a sucker bet, Darth.
Posted by Barbara 2016-09-07 16:13||   2016-09-07 16:13|| Front Page Top

#9 He got what he wanted - no police around to interfere with whatever went down.


"The activist"

They misspelled "rabble-rouser."
Posted by Barbara 2016-09-07 16:15||   2016-09-07 16:15|| Front Page Top

#10 Second time a BLM member was found shot in a burned out car in Ferguson.
Posted by Crating Clunk2894 2016-09-07 17:47||   2016-09-07 17:47|| Front Page Top

#11 Described himself as a 'businessman', which I assume means drug dealer.
Posted by phil_b 2016-09-07 17:52||   2016-09-07 17:52|| Front Page Top

#12 Must be time for more riots in Ferguson. Seems a little too far in advance of the election though.
Posted by Glenmore 2016-09-07 17:56||   2016-09-07 17:56|| Front Page Top

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