Edward Crawford
This celebrity goo was created by Lori Lancaster.
Scott Hardie may have altered Lori's goo before publication.
publication date: Saturday, September 20, 2014 (part of Fall 2014)
category: 
Controversy
clue: No need to feel weepy over this freedom-loving St. Louisan. He's all that and a bag of chips.
explanation: An anonymous man, known only as Edward or his Twitter handle @eyeFLOODpanties, was photographed during the Ferguson, MO protests in 2014, throwing a flaming tear gas canister ("weepy") away from a crowd of people, while wearing an American flag shirt ("freedom-loving") and without putting down his bag of chips. The image became widely associated with the protests. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, Samir Mehta, LaVonne Lemler, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, and Mike Rothstein
trivia: Crawford was widely identified online only by his Twitter handle, eyeFLOODpanties, with a few articles mentioning only his first name. Scott accepted guesses for both under the circumstances.
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