Black Lives Matter And Ferguson Protest Leader Found Shot Dead In Burning Car

Darren Seals, the man at the forefront of the Ferguson protests which turned into rioting, looting and mayhem, was found shot to death inside a burning vehicle on Tuesday in St. Louis County, according to local news reports.

Seals became a prominent figure during the protests in Ferguson, a suburb northwest of St. Louis, in the summer and fall of 2014 after the justified shooting of Michael Brown.

Michael Brown was shot on August 9, 2014, after Brown stole a package of smokes and then assaulted the store owner.

When police arrived, Brown attacked officer Darren Wilson, reaching for his gun. Wilson fired several shots in Brown, killing him.

A false narrative, spread by Seals and other BLM activists that Brown had his hands up and begged police not to shoot has been proven a falsehood.

A day after the shooting, rioting began in Ferguson, at least 12 businesses were looted or vandalized and a QuikTrip convenience store and gas station was set on fire , leading to over 30 arrests.

The unrest continued for a week, with Seals as one of the frontmen, leading the protests and unrest.

"It's easy to kill black people because we're the have-nots," he said. "We're at the bottom of the totem pole. What people don't understand is, we actually live in a nightmare. We actually live in a place where gunshots [are normal]. We hear gunshots every day."

Seals' remains were found at around 1:50 a.m. on Tuesday morning in a charred vehicle on the 9600 block of Diamond Drive , a dead-end street about 10 miles north of downtown St. Louis, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The newspaper reported that authorities have not released any information about a suspect or a possible motive in the killing.