Protester and activist DeAndre Joshua was murdered after testifying before a grand jury in Ferguson. He was a witness to the shooting and death of Michael Brown. Joshua was found shot in the head, his body and car lit on fire. This was the very same same night that protesters stormed the streets angry over the grand jury’s decision to NOT indict officer Darren Wilson. Are these connected in some way? They have to be, especially since DeAndre was childhood friends with Dorian Wilson, who was initially with Michael Brown at the time of his death

Another “day-one” Ferguson protester who took to the streets to demand justice after Brown’s death – Darren Seals. He had become among St. Louis’s most prominent anti-violence advocates and a co-founder of Hands Up United. He too was found by cops shot dead with his car lit on fire, this seems to be way too common in Ferguson. It seems that if you speak up and you’re against what takes place in your community then you become a target, and will be set on fire as a warning to others who may want to follow in those footsteps.

Another activist,was the young man who defiantly threw a tear gas canister back at riot police. That picture of him throwing that canister will forever be ingrained in my mind; as soon as I saw it, I went from thinking, “what the hell is wrong with him?” to “he could have gotten hurt,” to a quick, “yesssssssssss you better throw that canister and show them we aren’t having it.” Crawford was found shot to death in his car, and according to police he shot himself in the back seat of his car and they aren’t sure if it was a suicide or an accident. Hmmmmmmm, ok , on to the next