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Ferguson Protester Who Hurled Tear Gas Canister in Iconic Photo Dead (truc)
TMZ ^ | 5/5/2017 | Unknown

Posted on 05/05/2017 1:17:23 PM PDT by Trillian

Edward Crawford, Jr., the man whose image became the defining moment in the Ferguson protests, is dead.

Crawford was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and police are trying to determine if it was accidental or suicide.

Crawford's dad told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "I don't believe it was a suicide," adding cops are being "hush-hush" about the investigation.

The photo symbolized the tensions between police and protester in the wake of Michael Brown's death. Cops hurled a tear gas canister at protesters ... Crawford picked it up and hurled it back.

Crawford was 27 and the father of 4 children.

(Excerpt) Read more at tmz.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ferguson; snitchesgetstiches
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To: Trillian

And the winning just won’t stop!!!


41 posted on 05/05/2017 2:08:20 PM PDT by cabbieguy ("I suppose it will all make sense when we grow up")
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To: The Toll
Throws like a girl.

How dare you assume the gender of his throwing!

42 posted on 05/05/2017 2:08:42 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (It's gonna be bloody.)
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To: Trillian

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Judas falls on his sword!

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43 posted on 05/05/2017 2:10:11 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Trillian

“According to a police summary, Crawford was in the back seat of a car. Two women were in the car with him. The car was heading east on Salisbury, approaching Blair Avenue near Hyde Park, when the gun went off.

The women told police that Crawford had started talking about how distraught he was over “personal matters.” They heard him rummaging for something in the backseat, and the next thing they knew he shot himself in the head.”

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/protester-featured-in-iconic-ferguson-photo-found-dead-of-self/article_072602fb-99f1-531f-aa1c-b971e8b32566.html


44 posted on 05/05/2017 2:12:07 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: Trillian

45 posted on 05/05/2017 2:15:46 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: Trillian

It’s always good news when there is one less thug in the country.


46 posted on 05/05/2017 2:23:53 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: Spruce

Is he holding a bag of chips?

I be betting that it ain’t no jar of........
Dixie Peach Pomade!!!!!!!!!


47 posted on 05/05/2017 2:26:09 PM PDT by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

I agree not bad form...better to be on a mound though.


48 posted on 05/05/2017 2:30:27 PM PDT by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
27 and the father of four, bet he was never married. Wonder by how many women?

Indeed


49 posted on 05/05/2017 2:31:36 PM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
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To: Trillian

Doubtless some second rate five and dime “college” will grant him a degree in astrology, or astronomy, or aeronautics.


50 posted on 05/05/2017 2:33:43 PM PDT by LouAvul (The most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.)
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To: SaveFerris

GMTA ;)


51 posted on 05/05/2017 2:35:37 PM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: deport
Seems like it could be a variation of this:


52 posted on 05/05/2017 2:51:41 PM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: Trillian

Au Revoir , Arrivederci and Ciao bullet head.


53 posted on 05/05/2017 2:54:49 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - Si vis pacem, para bellum No sin, I do too.)
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To: Trillian
"Edward Crawford, Jr., the man whose image became the
defining moment in the Ferguson protests, is dead.

Darn, he was just starting to turn his life around too!

54 posted on 05/05/2017 2:56:04 PM PDT by StormEye
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To: forgotten man

Who nitpicks? The important thing is that he is gone.


55 posted on 05/05/2017 3:02:57 PM PDT by sport
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To: House Atreides

Irresponsible people breed even more irresponsible people.


56 posted on 05/05/2017 3:11:34 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: deport

Expected tomorrow an announcement from Florida Memorial University. Edward Crawford, Jr., will be awarded, posthumously, a honorary degree, in Petroleum Engineering and Earth Sciences.
His work in the Petroleum field is well known by all.
He ignited fire intensely in all his endeavors!


57 posted on 05/05/2017 3:16:19 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (" Winning not Whining"!)
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To: LouAvul

Or medicine.


58 posted on 05/05/2017 3:16:26 PM PDT by sport
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To: Trillian

How many times did he shoot himself?


59 posted on 05/05/2017 3:17:04 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Trillian

27, father of four ... so he leaves a grieving widow behind? ha!


60 posted on 05/05/2017 3:21:25 PM PDT by EDINVA
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