**** Rashad Turner / Founder of BLM Saint Paul: ‘I learned the ugly truth’
https://www.lawofficer.com/founder-of-b ... gly-truth/
- Rashad Turner
Rashad Turner described how he became a founder of Black Lives Matter
in St. Paul, but he soon came to realize that caring for black lives,
black children, and black families was the least of the group’s
concerns. ...
“In 2015 I was a founder of Black Lives Matter in St. Paul. I believed
the organization stood for exactly what the name implies, black lives
do matter. However, after a year on the inside, I learned they have
little concern for rebuilding black families, and they cared even less
about improving the quality of education for students in Minneapolis.
That was made clear when they publicly denounced charter schools,
alongside the teachers’ union. I was an insider in Black Lives Matter,
and I learned the ugly truth: the moratorium on charter schools does
not support rebuilding the black family, but it does create barriers
to a better education for black children.”
In the “What We Believe” section of its website that has since been
deleted, BLM Global Network Foundation declared its goals to “fight
for freedom, liberation, and justice,” can only be achieved through
the disruption of the “Western-prescribed nuclear family structure.”
...
“But I didn’t quit working to improve black lives, and access to a
great education,” he asserted. “Today, I serve as the president and
executive director of Minnesota Parent Union. We’re dedicated to
helping parents move their children from failing schools to successful
schools.”
**** BLM profits from ‘their names’ -- but won’t even talk to their families
https://www.lawofficer.com/blm-profits- ... -families/
Grief-stricken mothers continue to accused Black Lives Matter—aka the
Black Lives Matter corporation—of profiting from the deaths of their
sons. The co-founder of the movement Patrisse Cullors, who seemingly
went from a hashtag to millions of dollars announced that she was [1]stepping
away from the organization last week and many see that has only a way
for her to continue to profit without accountability. ...
Samaria Rice is not impressed with BLM or Cullors. She told The Post
that she first sought out Cullors to enlist the group’s help in
re-opening a federal investigation into her son’s 2014 death. She
exchanged a few emails with Cullors over the years, but had never
managed a face-to-face meeting.
“They are benefiting off the blood of our loved ones, and they won’t
even talk to us,” said Rice, who has also blasted activists Shaun King
and Tamika Mallory.
In March Rice joined with Simpson, the mother of Richard Risher, to
blast BLM for, as Simpson put it, “raising money in our dead sons’
names and giving us nothing in return.”
BLM’s Los Angeles chapter raised $5,000 for her son’s funeral, but
Simpson claimed she never received any of it.
Tamika Palmer, the mother of Breonna Taylor, who was shot dead in a
police raid at her home in Louisville, KY, said the movement also
failed her.
“I have never personally dealt with BLM Louisville and personally have
found them to be fraud (sic),” Palmer wrote in an April 14 Facebook
post that was quickly removed. Palmer did not return The Post’s
repeated calls.
Simpson said flat out that Black Lives Matter failed her. She started
her own Foundation to raise funds for her own protests when she said
BLM activists failed to help her.
“They called me an agent provocateur, a liar and crazy,” she said.
Simpson also added that she would regularly show up at LAPD Commission
meetings to demand justice for her son. “I am the boots on the ground
in this fight, not Black Lives Matter.”
**** Patrisse Khan-Cullors / Marxist BLM leader buys $1.4 million home in ritzy LA enclave
https://nypost.com/2021/04/10/marxist-b ... a-enclave/
- Marxist BLM leader Patrisse Khan-Cullors and her mansions
Patrisse Khan-Cullors, the leader of Black Lives Matter and a
self-described Marxist, recently purchased a $1.4 million home in an
exclusive Los Angeles neighborhood where the vast majority of
residents are white, according to reports.
The home, which features three bedrooms and three bathrooms, is
nestled in Topanga Canyon and has a separate guesthouse on the
property, according to a celebrity real estate blog which reported
the transaction last week.
The property, which is about a 15 minute drive from Malibu beaches,
features bamboo floors and vaulted ceilings, according to the listing.
**** BLM Founder Branded "Fraud" After Buying Million-Dollar Home In Mostly-White LA Enclave
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/blm ... la-enclave
But what is most interesting is that the BLM co-founder chose to live
in Topanga, where less than 2 percent of the population is black.
Sports journalist Jason Whitlock, who’s himself black,
sarcastically called out Cullors for her blatant hypocrisy.
“Black Lives Matter founder buys $1.4 million home in Topanga, which
has a black population of 1.4%. She’s with her people!” he tweeted
Friday.
Whitlock's tweet was removed by the Twitter police and his account> Black Lives Matter founder buys $1.4 million home in
> Topanga, which has a black population of 1.4%. She’s with her
> people!
> — Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) [8]April 9, 2021
suspended...
Others on Twitter also pointed out the hypocrisy.
This backlash is reminiscent of when former President Barack Obama -> For somebody that claims to love Black people, it's
> kinda strange that she chose a place to live that's practically
> devoid of Black people
> — Sheikh Judd Hashisho (@glubokiy_boy) April 9, 2021
who perfected the art of sowing racial division - purchased an $11.8
million mansion on a sprawling 29-acre property on Martha’s Vineyard,
which is only [15]3 percent black.
Some on social media said Cullors exploited the Black Lives Matter
movement to enrich herself.
> [/quote] Not only that. Why is she getting rich off BLM> She capitalized on that “Injustice against Black
> People” bag. They’ve been scamming since day 1
> — Ryan Lee (@LTM_RBG_321) [17]April 9, 2021
> movement? Shouldn’t this money be going to black neighbourhoods
> and struggling black families?
> — •FATE• (@meloncollie46) [18]April 9, 2021[/quote]
Black Lives Matter said it raked in a staggering [20]$90 million in> Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors
> just purchased a million dollar mansion. She pimped the murders of
> Black folks, especially Black men and boys to get that
> mansion. BLM founders are after the bag. They don’t care about
> Black people. That’s why it’s time to purge
> — Quinton Blanton (@blanton_quinton) April 9, 2021
donations last year.
However, there’s mounting criticism that the movement — which fomented
riots across the United States — has not shared its massive haul with
the black community.
Last month, the father of Michael Brown — whose 2014 shooting by a
police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, was the catalyst for the 2016
BLM riots — demanded that the group fork over [21]$20 million to him.
Similarly, BLM chapters nationwide have demanded more transparency> What is Black Lives Matter doing with all the money
> they’re accumulating if not helping their local chapters and
> Black-owned businesses to advance?
> They seem to be fundraising for the sake of fundraising.
> All talk, all woke.
> — JD Rucker (@JDRucker) March 4, 2021
from the centralized umbrella organization for the group.
In a December 2020 statement, the local chapters said:
The local chapters also said the Black Lives Matter Global Network> “Since the establishment of [Black Lives Matter Global
> Network Foundation], our chapters have consistently raised
> concerns about financial transparency, decision making, and
> accountability … we believe public accountability has become
> necessary.”
Foundation appointed Cullors as its executive director against their
wishes and without their knowledge, rendering her leadership
illegitimate.
Considering how much havoc BLM wreaked nationwide over the past few> “We, the undersigned chapters, believe that all of
> these events occurred without democracy, and assert that it was
> without the knowledge of the majority of Black Lives Matters
> chapters across the country and world,” the statement read.
> “Patrisse Cullors … became Executive Director against the will of
> most chapters and without their knowledge.”
months, you can only imagine how ugly the group’s in-fighting will
get.
**** Andy Ngo reacts to becoming Antifa target, leaving US: 'Not safe anymore for me'
https://www.foxnews.com/us/andy-ngo-ant ... -interview
EXCLUSIVE: He might be the most hated man in the room depending on
where he goes, but Andy Ngô has undoubtedly amassed a tremendous
following for his experience covering the ins and outs of [1]Antifa.
The born-and-raised [2]Portlander and second-generation Vietnamese
American, a conservative journalist who serves as the editor-at-large
of The Post Millenial, is now a New York Times bestselling author
thanks to his recently published tome, "Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s
Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy."
In "Unmasked," Ngô explores not only the history of Antifa both in and
outside the United States, but also his own experiences covering what
he describes as an organized community of radical, left-wing
anarchists. ...
Opponents tried to stop the book from being published, Ngô, 33, wrote
on Twitter. Even when it was released, some took issue with the book
being sold in stores, according to reports. Portland's famed shop
Powell's Books opted not to sell the work after union employees
protested Ngô "and everything he represents," reports stated.
Over the course of years, Ngô has endured physical attacks from
people in crowds while covering Antifa or radical events, and even
unwanted visitors at his and his parents’ homes, Ngô wrote in his
book.
But everything came to a head earlier this year when Ngô left the
country amid threats of violence and "an escalation of safety
concerns," he told Fox News.
"It was just not safe anymore for me. I had already been on borrowed
time," he said when reached by phone. ...
Ngô was a student journalist at Portland State University tasked with
working on election night in 2016. He said what he saw shocked him.
He described how rioters descended upon downtown Portland, with their
faces covered and "dressed head-to-toe in black." They carried bats,
crowbars and hammers and were "just destroying the he-- out of the
place." ...
"That was shocking then, and I say that now and it’s kind of, that’s
just another, any day in Portland today," he said. "The response from
the public at that time was to excuse it. They thought that it was [a]
completely legitimate response because of fear and anger over what
they thought was not a legitimate election."
He described hearing at the time that Trump’s election "was the first
step toward ascendant fascism and the rise of a totalitarian regime in
the U.S."
"These extremist, radical, unfounded ideas were given space to
propagate in our papers of legacy, in our homes and... through
broadcast and radio, and of course to online news sites," Ngô said.
"That helped to really radicalize the left, in my opinion." ...
"I was challenging the narrative that they had, the dominant narrative
that they had within both the local press and therefore in the
national press, as well," he said.
In 2019, he was attacked by a mob of masked Antifa members and had to
be hospitalized, where he learned his brain was hemorrhaging, he wrote
in "Unmasked."