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On September 6, 2016, the life of Darren Seals, a fierce Ferguson activist, rapper, and community leader, was cut short in a brutal and calculated act. Found shot dead inside a burning Jeep Wrangler in Riverview, Missouri, Seals’ death sent shockwaves through the St. Louis community and beyond. Nearly a decade later, his assassination remains unsolved, a haunting symbol of systemic neglect and the silencing of Black voices who dare to challenge the status quo. Alongside his comrade Nyota Uhura, known as @BgYrl4Life, Seals’ work in Ferguson exposed the exploitation of Black trauma and laid bare the fractures within the movement for Black lives. Yet, the refusal of prominent Ferguson figures and elected officials, including former St. Louis County Prosecutor and current U.S. Representative Wesley Bell, to demand a thorough investigation into Seals’ murder raises urgent questions about accountability, complicity, and the cost of dissent.

Darren Seals exposes Black Lives Matter, the hijacking of Ferguson and how "Hands Up Don't Shoot" was co-opted and became "Black Lives Matter". For more about the hijacking of Ferguson, the latest news about the FBI file on Darren Seals and how grifters who were down with BLM and that sold out are now trying to reinvent themselves as truth tellers visit www.handsupdont'shoot.com. For more information about Darren Seals visit sleepisthenewwoke.com

King BJ (of King BJ, Judge Joe Brown & Gavin Richard) and Nyota Uhuru, Ferguson activist and guerilla media talk about the grift, the fallout and everything being exposed years after she and Darren Seals put Black Lives Matter on blast. #RIPKingDSeals

The Killing of Ma'Khia Bryant ~ Beyond the Surface! | Dr. Rick Wallace Support the work of The Odyssey Project and its community programs, including the Black Men Lead rite of passage program for young Black males, Restoring Ghettos Forgotten Daughters, Music is Life, Financial Literacy 101 & Beyond, and more at https://checkout.square.site/pay/6bd4...​ or https://www.theodysseyproject21.top​ or you can contribute directly through the Cash app at $TheOdysseyProject21

King BJ with special guest CJ Sullivan, founder of The Movement on the prequel to BLM, the hijacking of Ferguson, sabotage, smear campaigns, controlled opposition and more.

Tamir Rice's Mom, Samaria Rice, Accuses Tamika Mallory & Ben Crump & Others of Chasing Clout | Dr. Rick Wallace Support the work of The Odyssey Project and its community programs, including the Black Men Lead rite of passage program for young Black males, Restoring Ghettos Forgotten Daughters, Music is Life, Financial Literacy 101 & Beyond, and more at https://checkout.square.site/pay/6bd4...​ or https://www.theodysseyproject21.top or you can contribute directly through the Cash app at $TheOdysseyProject21

Mike Brown Sr. Calls Out BLM & Demands $24M ~ Darren Seals Warned Us! | Dr. Rick Wallace Support the work of The Odyssey Project and its community programs, including the Black Men Lead rite of passage program for young Black males, Restoring Ghettos Forgotten Daughters, Music is Life, Financial Literacy 101 & Beyond, and more at or https://www.theodysseyproject21.top or you can contribute directly through the Cash app at $TheOdysseyProject21

The film Judas and the Black Messiah tells the story of Chairman Fred Hampton, Black Panther Party, now hear the chilling details from Chairman Fred Hampton Jr of how CPD bumrushed his parents in bed and assassinated his father.  Save The Hampton House www.savethehamptonhouse.org Cash App $SaveTheHamptonHouse

You may have read about Karim's story in media reports, but hearing it from the man who lived it is a whole diff story. Karim "Ream" Golding (Bang Em Smurf & Domination) talks about getting caught up with the hip hop police and how that led to him being held indefinitely by ICE in a detention center (and catching COVID-19) as retaliation for 'refusing to 'cooperate' after serving his time. Apologies in advance for the sound quality, the studio is under construction, til then we're using whatever at our disposal, keeping it grimey, raw and unfiltered. Ream live from an ICE detention facility. You can support or platform and upcoming live broadcast by contributing to the construction of our studio at https://www.sleepisthenewwoke.com/support or Cash App $SleepIsTheNewWoke

Dr Reynaldo Anderson reflects upon the events that led to the Ferguson uprising and Black Lives Matter as a teaching moment for revolutionaries in training. www.bsam-art.com

Anatomy of A Movement Squandered: The Hijacking of Ferguson in the Words of Nyota Uhura as orated by of Mass Action For Lives formerly Black Lives Matter Cincinnati at M4BL: We Have Nothing To Lose But Our Chains #BLM, #Deray, #BlackLivesMatter, #Ferguson, #MikeBrown, #DarrenSeals