Another Black Lives Matter Activist Dies In Apparent Suicide

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Published May 18, 2017 at 12:24 PM EDT

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Graffiti remains on the sidewalk along West Florrisant Avenue one year after the shooting of Michael Brown on Aug. 12, 2015, in Ferguson, Missouri. Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9, 2014. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Edward Crawford, an activist with the Black Lives Matter movement, died earlier this month in what police are calling an apparent suicide. The 27-year-old was the subject of an iconic photo from the 2014 protests in Ferguson, Missouri, following the shooting death of Michael Brown.

Edward Crawford, seen in iconic Ferguson protests photo, has been found dead. https://t.co/erDDe87XxT pic.twitter.com/gP3xdNDkxB

— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) May 5, 2017

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Trymaine Lee (@trymainelee), national reporter with NBC News, about the string of deaths among Black Lives Matter activists.