MarShawn McCarrel
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MarShawn McCarrel
MarShawn McCarrel was a prominent Black Lives Activist who committed suicide in front of Ohio’s Statehouse on February 8, 2016.
Hours before he committed suicide, MarShawn posted on Facebook, “My demons won today.
I’m sorry.”
MarShawn was 23 years old.
MarShawn originally hails from Hilltop, one of Columbus' most dangerous neighborhoods.
MarShawn's final Tweet before committing suicide was: "Let the record show that I pissed on the statehouse before I left."
- so cool!
MarShawn was the founder of a mentorship program called Pursuing Our Dreams and a homeless charity called Feed the Streets.
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Citation Linkdispatch.comMarShawn had been involved with the Black Lives Matter movement.He was also the founder of a mentorship program named Pursuing Our Dreamsand a homeless charity called Feed the Streets.
Feb 9, 2016, 6:43 PM
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Citation Linkcolumbusalive.comIn this interview from 2014, MarShawn says that any young black man is one breath away from being the next Eric Garner.
Feb 9, 2016, 6:39 PM
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Citation Linktwitter.comMarShawn's final tweet before committing suicide was about pissing on the statehouse.
Feb 9, 2016, 6:40 PM