15th June 2020
Social media reacts to Black Lives Matter activist’s death
Social media plunged into mourning this morning when news spread that Black Lives Matter activist, 19-year-old Oluwatoyin ‘Toyin’ Salau was found dead in Tallahassee.
She has been missing since June 6. The same day that Salau went missing she tweeted she had just been sexually assaulted by a man around Park Avenue and Richview Road.
“He came disguised as a man of God and ended up picking me up from nearby Saxon Street,” she tweeted. “I trusted the holy spirit to keep me safe.”
Social media users had been tweeting about her being missing and trying to find her for a few days. But on Monday, they were demanding #JusticeforToyin.
philip lewis
@Phil_Lewis_
Oluwatoyin Salau was only 19 years old, and spent her last days on earth fighting for Black lives. She deserved so much more. #JusticeForToyin
abolition in this lifetime
All of my love to survivors in our movements. When we #SayHerName we shine a light on police violence AND interpersonal violence against Black women. Both are gendered. Black women are fighting for their lives on two fronts while also fighting for yours. #JusticeForToyin
Wilkine Brutus
Oluwatoyin Salau story is beyond heart-wrenching. So many questions, too.
"I don’t want their names gone in vain," Salau said during one protest in front of the Tallahassee Police Department last month."
Conversations about Toyin via #JusticeForToyin https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2020/06/15/oluwatoyin-salau-found-dead-tallahassee-black-lives-matter-protest-missing/3190021001/ …
Florida protester Oluwatoyin Salau found dead in Tallahassee after going missing
"I had a feeling that we were not going to find Toyin alive."
tallahassee.com
Salau has been very active in local protests, reciting the names of Black people killed across the country.
“I don’t want their names gone in vain,” the local had said.
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