Foul Play in Ferguson

Darren Seals was an activist. Darren Seals fought for racial justice, anti-gun violence and anti-police brutality. Darren Seals was found shot inside a burning car on Sept. 6, 2016, and no one knows what happened … or do they? The iHeart and Double Asterisk podcast After the Uprising hosted by Maria Chappelle-Nadal and Ray Nowosielski dives head-first into Seals’ death and tries to uncover the unsolved case in the second season of their show. The idea follows the questionable deaths of activists following the Ferguson protests in August of 2014. “A lot of those original people have died mysteriously. There are questions about how and why,” Nowosielski said. The first season, The Death of Danyé Dion Jones hosted by John Duffy and Nowosielski, followed the tragic and mysterious death of the activist in 2018. Found hanging from a tree in his backyard, his death was reported a suicide by police. The truth was muddled, DNA was overlooked, and the investigation revealed a dark pattern that continued. “We started working with the family,” Nowosielski said. “We spent two and a half years working with (Jones’ mother) and Jones’ family to try and find answers.” The second season, which debuted on June...