A body discovered in a burning auto in Riverview Tuesday morning has been identified as 29-year-old Darren Seals, aka King D Seals. The St. Louis Post Dispatch reported police haven’t released suspect information in the case or a motive.
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Condolences and speculations surrounding Seals’ death have flooded the timelines of the Ferguson and social justice community. 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”. He also reportedly uploaded a Facebook Live video about his own contentious dealings with the Ferguson Police Department, alleging that officers drew guns on him and his younger brother and warned him to “choose [his] enemies wisely”.
Seals became a figure in the Ferguson protests following the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by officer Darren Wilson in 2014. Seals described himself on his Twitter profile as a “Businessman, Revolutionary, Activist, Unapologetically BLACK, Afrikan in AmeriKKKa, Fighter, Leader”.
Investigators say Seals had been shot.
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Police discovered the body of Daren Seals, 29, at around 1:50 a.m., according to a statement to BuzzFeed News. The incident is now being investigated as a homicide.
