Muhiyidin El Amin Moye, known as Muhiyidin d'Baha, was a leading Black Lives Matter activist known nationally for crossing a yellow police tape line to snatch a Confederate battle flag from a demonstrator on live television in Charleston, South Carolina, in February 2017.
15 Facts About Muhiyidin Moye
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Muhiyidin Moye went on to attend Winthrop University, finishing in 2011.
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Muhiyidin Moye went to New Orleans and while riding a bicycle through the midnight streets on February 6,2018, he was shot, traveled on some blocks, left his bike and called for help to which police responded and took him to the hospital.
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Muhiyidin Moye rose to local prominence after the shooting of Walter Scott by North Charleston, South Carolina, police in 2015.
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Muhiyidin Moye arranged a meeting in which Scott's family first viewed eyewitness Feidin Santana's video of the shooting.
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In 2016, Muhiyidin Moye was arrested for disrupting a North Charleston City Council committee meeting while petitioning for a citizens board to review police actions.
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Muhiyidin Moye was not insincere, lacking insight, or, as had been apparent to me since that afternoon in the Circular Congregation Church, easily forgettable.
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Muhiyidin Moye attended University of South Carolina as a freshman in 2005 where he met Justin Bamberg, who became a lawyer and state lawmaker.
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Muhiyidin Moye graduated from Winthrop University with a Masters of Arts degree in May 2011 and then went on to the Occupy Eugene event in October.
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In December 2016 Muhiyidin Moye appeared as part of a panel at the College of Charleston about the death of Walter Scott.
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The coverage of the death of Scott including mention of Muhiyidin Moye won the Charleston Post and Courier a Pulitzer in breaking news.
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In February 2018, Muhiyidin Moye took a personal trip to New Orleans, Louisiana.
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At around 1:30am on February 6,2018, while riding his bike along Bienville Street in the Iberville Projects, Muhiyidin Moye was approached by a stranger, knocked off his bike, and shot in the thigh.
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Muhiyidin Moye was rushed to the hospital where he later died of his injuries.
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Muhiyidin Moye was shot at night in New Orleans, Louisiana on Tuesday, February 6,2018.