Five Years After Ferguson, a Spate of Dead Activists Fuels Distrust and Division

Six men linked to the Ferguson protests have died, some under suspicious circumstances. Coincidence? Depends who you ask.

Josh Sanburn
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12 min readAug 8, 2019

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Illustration: Rachelle Baker

OnOn the evening of Oct. 16, 2018, Melissa McKinnies — a prominent protester in Ferguson, Missouri — had a nightmare. Her body…

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Josh Sanburn
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Writer, reporter, producer; formerly at TIME, ABC News, National Geographic, and Gimlet. Currently producing a documentary for Audible on policing in Brooklyn.