article_snippet: Several long-time activists have said Several long-time activists did not recognize .
article_snippet: or know Williams as a protester. '
article_snippet: Williams never protested before,' Bishop Derrick Robinson, an activist, told CNN on Monday.
article_snippet: Activists said Williams was not a consistent fixture in Activists tight-knit group. '
article_snippet: She said no one in the group Millennial Activists United knew Williams, and no one in the group checked with other frequent protesters, who also had not heard of Williams.
article_snippet: John Gaskin, a St. Louis NAACP leader, said of Williams, 'I don't know Williams.
article_snippet: I've never seen Williams.'