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Referencing episode 7 of the podcast, the hosts revisit the testimony of the late Ferguson activist Darren Seals (King D). Seals described Black Lives Matter as a corporate-backed organization rather than a grassroots hashtag, accusing leaders of "playing cat and mouse" with the media for financial gain. The segment notes Seals' tragic death in a burned-out car as a significant loss to organic movements.
Local Ferguson activist Darren Seals criticized the national Black Lives Matter organization, calling it a "hashtag" movement that exploited local tragedy for profit. Seals argued that outside organizers like DeRay McKesson did not represent the socially conservative values of the local black community and failed to provide resources to those on the ground.
Ferguson activist Darren Seals was found dead in a burning car with a gunshot wound in 2016, a case that remains largely out of the national spotlight. The lack of follow-up investigation is compared to the death of DNC staffer Seth Rich, suggesting that certain deaths are ignored when they do not fit a useful political narrative.
