Social media users powered the name of Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau to become a top trending topic Monday morning as thousands of tweets were mourning the life of the young Black Lives Matter activist reportedly found dead in Florida over the weekend.
Salau, 19, was last seen in Tallahassee on June 6 before unconfirmed social media reports of her death emerged more than a week later.
People on Twitter quickly pointed to the Facebook post as verification of Salau’s death.
If Salau’s death is true, it would be the latest in a recent string of suspicious deaths of young Black people as the nation protests against racism and police violence.
Floyd’s killing sparked nationwide protests over police violence and the racism that has many times been credited for such ‘Toyin’ Salau, Missing Black Lives Matter Activist, Reportedly Found Dead
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