Prominent Black Lives Matter activist Muhiyyidin More, otherwise known as Muhiyyidin D’baha, was shot and killed while riding his bicycle at 1 a.m. on Tuesday, February 6.
While an autopsy has yet to be released, D’baha’s neice, Camille Weaver, announced that D’baha was shot in the leg, continued biking in search of help, and later died in the hospital due to blood loss, Heavy reported.
Weaver has started a GoFundMe page with the hopes of raising money to bring D’baha’s body from New Orleans to his hometown of Charleston. At the time of this article’s posting, Weaver has surpassed her $7,500 goal by nearly $1,500.
“Around 9-9:30 am we received a phone call saying that he had died due to excessive blood loss," Weaver wrote on the GoFundMe page, making it clear that they don't have many details on his death but will update the page once they do.
"His body is currently in New Orleans, LA and we are raising money to bring him home to Charleston and then have a memorial service/funeral for his family and friends," she added. "This is all so unexpected, so any contribution will help."
D’baha is most notably recognized for his attempt to snatch a confederate flag from the hands of gatherers in February 2017, which was recorded on live TV. Those gathered were protesting the removal of the confederate flag from the local Statehouse after terrorist Dylan Roof murdered nine church-goers at the Mother Emanuel AME Church in July of 2015.
Black Lives Matter activist, Muhiyidin d'Baha, best known for snatching a Confederate flag that waved outside of the College of Charleston last year, was shot and killed last night in New Orleans. His family has started a GoFundMe https://t.co/apPTw0LKzN Everybody RT pic.twitter.com/oLfPp3V90O— ment nelson (@mentnelson) February 6, 2018
After his live TV grab at the confederate flag, D’baha told Charleston City Paper, “We can insulate ourselves from a lot of tumultuousness and a lot of happenstance that is happening at those levels right now by becoming stronger at our neighborhood level, at our community level, becoming stronger at our city level. And then we can really look after individuals and look after people, and that’s a little bit different than just winning talking points or changing public opinion so we can get someone into office.”
In response to Weaver’s announcement concerning D’baha’s death, Thomas Dixon, the head of Charleston activist group The Coalition, told the Charleston City Paper, “[D’baha] was a consummate social justice activist. He was a man that was driven by the spirit of community. We didn’t agree on everything, but we both understood that the mission and the message superseded differences, so we were always friends no matter what.”
Update (July 26, 2018):
The Associated Press reports an arrest has been made in connection with D'baha's death: Roosevelt Iglus has been taken into custody on charges of second-degree murder.
If convicted, Iglus could face life in prison. Before his arrest, he was on probation after pleading guilty in 2016 to possession of marijuana and illegal possession of a firearm.
Officers have not yet announced whether Iglus has admitted to a motive for the crime; his bond was set at $505,000.
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