BLM’s millions unaccounted for after leaders quietly jumped ship by Andrew Kerr, Investigative Reporter for Washington Examiner
GNN Note – Let me make sure I understand this properly…You have a group of criminals committing crimes that were sanctioned by the state and those same criminals steal a bunch of money that was suppose to do…something…what?…suppose to go to… other crimes? I don’t know. But the criminals in charge of the money stole the money was earmarked for these other activities and kept the money for themselves. Is that about right? Yeah, who could’ve seen that coming? It’s like WOW – what a surprise that criminals would act like…criminals. / END
No one appears to have been in charge at Black Lives Matter for months. The address it lists on tax forms is wrong, and the charity’s two board members won’t say who controls its $60 million bankroll, a Washington Examiner investigation has found.
BLM’s shocking lack of transparency surrounding its finances and operations raises major legal and ethical red flags, multiple charity experts told the Washington Examiner.
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“Like a giant ghost ship full of treasure drifting in the night with no captain, no discernible crew, and no clear direction,” CharityWatch Executive Director Laurie Styron said of BLM.
BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors appointed two activists to serve as the group’s senior directors following her resignation in May amid scrutiny over her personal finances. But both quietly announced in September that they never took the jobs due to disagreements with BLM. They told the Washington Examiner they don’t know who now leads the nation’s most influential social justice organization.
Paul Kamenar, counsel for conservative watchdog group the National Legal and Policy Center, said a full audit and investigation into Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, the legal entity that represents the national BLM movement, is warranted.
