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At the Age of 31, Ferguson Activist Bassem Masri Reportedly Died of a Heart Attack. Why?

Bassem Masri, a Palestinian-American civil rights activist best known for his participation in and live-streaming of the Ferguson Uprising in 2014, died Tuesday morning after being found unresponsive on a bus, officials say. While the cause of death still hasn’t been confirmed, at least one outlet is reporting that Masri died of a heart attack.…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

November 29, 2018
News

Ferguson Activist Bassem Masri Dies: ‘His Commitment Was Unwavering’

Activists and members of the media are posting tributes to Bassem Masri, a Muslim Palestinian-American civil rights advocate and Ferguson, Missouri, activist whose death was announced on Tuesday. Masri, who live-streamed the 2014 protests in Ferguson following the death of teenager Michael Brown, was remembered as a passionate, committed soldier in the fight for social…

By

Anne Branigin

Published

November 28, 2018
Politics

Ferguson, Mo., Activists Are Dying and It’s Time to Ask Questions

The most iconic photo of the Ferguson, Mo., protests, if not the entire Black Lives Matter movement, is of Edward Crawford defiantly throwing a tear gas canister back at riot police. And now he’s dead. Crawford was found shot to death Thursday night in his car, just like activist Darren Seals in 2016 and protester…

By

Jason Johnson

Published

May 5, 2017