In the wake of the recent police killings of George Floyd, Sean Reed, Tony McDade and Breonna Taylor among others, Salau had been an active participant and speaker during Black Lives Matter protests in Tallahassee. "At the end of the day, I cannot take my f*****g skin color off," Salau says in the clip. Hamilton argues that the conversation proved that Black Lives Matter leaders were “summoning the spirits of the dead [and] using the power of the spirits of the dead in order to give them the ability to do what they’re calling the so-called justice work.”, Hamilton stated that those leaders seeking to summon the spirits of the dead are adhering to “the Yoruba religion of Ifa.”, “They are summoning dead spirits,” he said. “How can you reconcile that with what the word of God says?” he asked. “One of the touchstones of this religious practice is ancestral worship. Hamilton mentioned the chants as an example of “spiritual wickedness” that the Apostle Paul warned about in Ephesians 6:12. Police did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Salau’s allegations and whether an investigation was opened to look into them. And she was always a vocal supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement.
I don’t think I could do it as long as I’ve done it and as consistently. The Tallahassee Police Department is investigating both deaths as homicides and a suspect, Aaron Glee Jr., 49, has been taken into custody.
You cannot take my f*****g blackness away from me.". Updated 2042 GMT (0442 HKT) June 15, 2020. Police arrested a suspect, Aaron Glee, 49, the. “We’re not just having a social justice movement, this is a spiritual movement.”. Demonstrators participate in the Get Your Knee Off Our Necks Commitment March in Washington D.C. on Aug. 28. The “Wakiesha” mentioned by Abdullah refers to Wakiesha Wilson, an African-American woman who was found dead in a Los Angeles jail back in 2016. "She had so many dreams and she never gave up," Carney said. Carney said her friend's death has motivated her to fight for black women like Toyin. "She was very calm and gentle.". “That was Toyin.”.
The tweets said that Salau had left some belongings at a church where she was seeking shelter and a man who'd offered her a ride to recollect the items later molested her while she tried to sleep. I met her through this work.”. Outrage over Salau’s disappearance has mounted in recent days; her name has trended widely online amid calls for further attention to her case and the larger pattern of violence against Black women. The Old Testament chapter describes those who practice witchcraft or call upon the dead as “detestable to the Lord.”.
Abraham Hamilton III, who hosts “The Hamilton Corner” on the socially conservative American Family Radio, devoted the Aug. 19 episode of his program to highlighting “The BLM Connection to Witchcraft.”. "Toyin," a Black Lives Matter activist was reportedly found dead in Florida over the weekend. It feels like if I didn’t do that, it would be antithetical to this work.”. Tallahassee police found the bodies of Oluwatoyin "Toyin" Salau, along with 75-year-old Victoria Sims, on Saturday.
“When we say the names, right, so we speak their names, we say her name, say their names, we do that all the time, that you kind of invoke that spirit. The man, who was shot during the protests, was pictured wearing a Patriot Prayer baseball cap, showing allegiance to the far-Right group based in Vancouver, Washington. He used to be frequently present during the Portland protests. CNN has reached out to Tallahassee Police to confirm Salau's account of sexual assault and is waiting to hear back. Salau had been Carney's friend since before high school, she said.
“Toyin, she was like a light in a dark room,” Hemphill said.