This young man (Darren Seals) was the real deal and was cut down in the prime of life. He'd been a warrior, a true activist in Ferguson on the front lines during rhe Mike Brown debacle. Darren Seals was found shot to death in his burning car back in 2016. Who did it? No one knows. Police did declare his death a homicide..
Even with all the injustice being revealed today and being pushed back on by Black Lives Matter, this video made by Seals before his shocking murder revealed how BLM's members, and its purpose were corrupted by instant fame. An organization like BLM was, is, needed but it morphed from activism for all to notoriety for a few. Seals was not a fame-whore and in this video clearly spells out his stance and that of the crowd who ran/runs BLM at the time. In the video, he speaks on how the organization, born of a hashtag, was on a whole other agenda from Day One. He speaks on how the killing of Mike Brown was the perfect backdrop from which to launch BLM and how outsiders hijacked the progress being fought for in Ferguson by the local people.
Every fledgling movement has its birthing pains. It's inescapable. Not everyone will agree on the singular, best path to take. It's a shame that Darren Seals did not live to leave his mark. I think BLM would have been better for it, and for ALL Black lives.
Darren Seals
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