Exclusive! DeRay Mckesson Recalls Getting Tear-Gassed In Ferguson, Missouri
Famed Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson recently spoke to DJ Vlad and discussed the trials and tribulations he had to face while in Ferguson, Missouri last year. The first day DeRay admits he "was just trying to see what was going on," but it's what happened the following evening that led him to become an important figure in the movement. "The second day that I was there I think was the first day of the curfew - it was like a midnight curfew - and we had tear gas around eight o' clock, and I'll never forget getting tear-gassed for the first time," he recalled. "In in that moment I became a protester. I became somebody who was like 'I'm gonna do whatever I can to make sure this is not the reality for people.'"DeRay then went on to state the obvious when describing the fee...