Muhiyidin Moy was murdered during his visit to New Orleans. If you don't know who Moye is, he's a Black Lives Matter Activist who went viral last year after he was caught on video last year in Charleston, South Carolina, as he grabbed a confederate battle flag from a demonstrator on live television.
“He wouldn’t just protest; he was in the communities, working, speaking
with leaders, checking on families,” Ibraheem Moye, 27, told ABC News of
his brother. “He wanted to show people that social injustice wasn’t
going to be allowed.”
Muhiyidin Moye earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of South
Carolina in Columbia and his master’s from Winthrop University in Rock
Hill, South Carolina, according to his brother.
Moye had previously demonstrated on behalf of the family of Walter Scott,
whom a North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer shot to death
after stopping him for a non-functioning brake light. Moye also
subsequently interrupted several City Council meetings there, demanding
changes be made in the police department.
The shooting occurred around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, and Moye later died in
the hospital, New Orleans police spokesman Beau Tidwell said in a
statement.
You can read his Obituary by clicking here
You can read more about the shooting by clicking here
My heart really goes out to his friends and family during this tough time. As of now the killer have not been caught and motive is unknown. Part of me like many are probably asking ourselves is his murder connected to him being an activist? I truly hope not but that cannot be ruled out given who he was.
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