Allies are asking for transparency as the organization is accused of misusing donation funds.
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors, along with the other BLM founders, is under investigation after the organization allegedly bought a $6 million dollar mansion with donation funds,on Monday. After years of unacknowledged complaints about where donations to the organization are going, this explosive report has allies of the movement questioning how the money was used inappropriately and whether its even being used to support the Black community at all.
The mansion, for which the board said is being used for “furthering the BLM mission,” was purchased just two weeks after the organization received a payout of $66.5 million in donations from its fiscal sponsor. As a result of Floyd’s murder, BLM received an influx of $90 million of financial support from donors and corporations such a Cisco and Airbnb.
One of the biggest complaints has been about the organization buying a house when that money should have been used to help the families of those who were killed at the hands of police brutality. Notably, those funds could’ve helped someone like, who had to move into a homeless shelter during the lengthy investigation into her son’s murder in 2015.
Producer Patrisse Cullors attends the Viacom Winter TCA 2019 panel on February 11, 2019 in Pasadena, California.
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