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A homicide investigation was underway Wednesday in St. Louis County into the fatal shooting of Ferguson activist Darren Seals, whose body was found in a burning car.
Seals, a St. Louis resident, was a leader of the protest movement prompted by the fatal shooting of teenager Michael Brown by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, 2014.
Seals was with Lezley McSpadden, Brown’s mother, when prosecutors announced in November of that year that a grand jury had declined to indict Wilson in Brown’s death.
Seals described himself in his Twitter profile as a “Businessman, Revolutionary, Activist, Unapologetically BLACK, Afrikan in AmeriKKKa, Fighter, Leader.” In recent days, he tweeted strong support for professional football player Colin Kaepernick, who drew controversy by declining to stand for the Star-Spangled Banner before the San Francisco 49er’s pre-season games.
In July, Seals tweeted that he and his 14-year-old brother were pulled over at gunpoint by police who warned him to “Choose your enemies wisely.”
“If Ferguson meant anything, so did Darren Seals,” tweeted Ashley Yates.