Fox News contributor Leo Terrell on Black Lives Matter denying misuse of funds. The claim that "Black Lives Matter" is a way of pointing out that black Americans are especially likely to be brutalized by the police and criminal justice system. David Noel, an army veteran and graduate student at Carnegie Mellon who researches gun culture, says that in the decade-plus hes spent in the ar15.com forums, hes noticed frequent use of a Thomas Jefferson quote, long popular with armed self-described militia groups: The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants., Noel told me that Munchels clothing strongly suggested he had spent time in such communities. The disagreement was covered by The New York Times (NYT), and InterVarsity itself released a statement noting that it does not endorse everything attributed to #BlackLivesMatter. Two black Christian academicsAnthony Bradley and George Yanceyalso called on believers to distance themselves from the movement. The Black Lives Matter movement needs your help. About half of practicing Christians (52%) and those who attended church in the past week (51%) agreed. One is a liquid and the other is a gun. No one person was expected to respond to or deal with everything. The more than two dozen chapters accused the GNF executive Shalomyah Bowers of siphoning more than $10 million from donors. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. The protests in 2020 were unprecedented in US history. The Post regrets the error. A Warner Bros. The black community has been mistreated, said Bolz, the author of books like Translating God and God Secrets, in the 17-minute YouTube video. These militarized people tote tactical pants, body armor, and AR-15s practically identical to military models while harassing Black Lives Matter protesters, runningmilitary-style checkpoints, attendingarmed white nationalist training camps, and plotting to undermine election results. Tax filings show that she paid back BLMGNF $390 for the use of real estate.. The more than two. But even if Hafer doesnt have extreme personal politics, his company has rarely shied from creating a brand that appeals to people who do. Few strongly agreed: only five percent of evangelicals, eight percent of practicing Christians, and nine percent of those who attended church in the past week. (Kerem Yucel / AFP). An aerial view of the property in Studio . The personal politics of Black Rifles founders are less clear than their brands. Nobody who went into the streets hoping to find justice for George Floyd or to defund the police could have anticipated that, in September 2022, this is where wed be. Image: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship photo by Jon Shumway. Very good vibe. But unlike the vast majority of coffee companies, it markets its beans with a highly militaristic branding that leans on gun-heavy, special-ops themed photoshoots with goofy product placement. Black lives matter and always will. The First Steps Cookout included free food provided by the police, the community and local businesses and the opportunity to have open conversations with law enforcement. Black Lives Matter is not a mission of hate. All rights reserved. True, others like Nike and Netflix have shrewdly channeled their donations elsewhere, like the NAACP and other organizations that have led the struggle for civil rights for decades. At first, Piper was reticent to support BLM when he visited BlackLivesMatter.com and noted that the sites three women founders were queer-affirming and transgender-affirming., But Pipers views shifted after speaking with Anacostia River Church pastor Thabiti Anyabwile, who told Piper that the website is distinct from the movement and that Pipers inferences (and his tweet) were unhelpful., Piper also encouraged white evangelicals to pause before saying anything like, All lives matter., Because if you quickly add that, it sounds like a rebuke, he said. But they are hiding in plain sight, there for the world to see, if only we read beyond the slogans and the innocuous-sounding media accounts of the movement. Evangelicals are among the least likely of religious groups to support BLM, and the most likely to hold conservative positions on race, according to new research from Barna Group. Stocking Mill, named for a Revolutionary War site, proudly bears a motto of Arrive violentlybut firstcoffee. The company has been endorsed by the Proud Boys, a neo-fascist group with extensive ties to white nationalists, and it has defended Rittenhouse, claiming that he exercised his second amendment rights against domestic terrorists. The boost the company says it got after embracing Rittenhouse was so large that it claimed it had to hire seven new employees to meet demand largely driven by an exodus fromBlack Rifle. The blog reported that Khan-Cullors purchased the home in Los Angeles Topanga Canyon for $1.4 million on March 30 through a limited liability company. The Black Lives Matter Global Network is incorporated in the State of Delaware but is not yet registered as a tax-exempt non-profit organization under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3). All Rights Reserved. Americans as a whole (73%) also overwhelmingly supported the church playing this role, including 77 percent of black respondents and 71 percent of all non-white respondents. Khan-Cullors also noted that she is a public speaker, owns a gallery, has a deal with YouTube and teaches at a private liberal arts college in Arizona. The national co-founder of the BlackLivesMatter organization says she does not support last weekend's "first step barbecue." The event let the community and Wichita police officers talk about ways. The former NFL player slammed Black Lives Matter in June for a now-deleted mission statement, which included a rebuke of the "Western-prescribed nuclear family structure." Black Lives. All rights reserved. The goals of the Black Lives Matter organization go far beyond what most people think. Coffee became this bizarre stomping ground of infighting, he says. 12:05 PM EDT, Thu September 8, 2022. D'Zhane Parker, left, Cicley Gay, center, and Shalomyah Bowers pose for a portrait on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Atlanta. On July 17, hundreds of people showed up to a Sunday barbecue in Wichita's McAdams Park, which was hosted by Black Lives Matter activists and city police officers. The turnout was especially encouraging after the events that unfolded earlier in the day in Baton Rouge which left three officers dead and three wounded. Women's lingerie brand Spanx announced a $200,000 commitment on Instagram. Many of them center on police and criminal justice reform, though. according to an artist description on Crenshaw Dairy Mart, The Michael O.D. First thing we want to do is break that boundary and break that barrier, the second thing we want to do is start that conversation, A.J. Published Jul 27, 2020. After Starbucks committed in 2017 to hiring 10,000 refugees, Black Rifle responded by saying that it would hire 10,000 veterans. Mission BBQ: Nope. By Dan O'Donnell. All those people made their voices heard, and as a society, were still reeling from that. In October 2020, BLMGNF secretly bought a sprawling mansion in Los Angeles, spending nearly $6 million on the purchase of the Studio City compound, which includes a soundstage, six bedrooms and a swimming pool. He was hired to help with security as organizers didn't trust other firms with the matter. Property records reviewed by The Post on Tuesday show the home was sold to Dyane Pascall, a Los Angeles-based real estate developer who works in the nonprofit sector, in a deal that closed Oct. 27, 2020. Impressively renovated back to the 1930s with all the modern conveniences! the listing said. Another $6 million was spent on a Studio City home in Los Angeles that was meant as a retreat for a Black artist fellowship. This agenda isnt what most people signed up for when they bought their Spanx or registered for Airbnb. In a very public dispute, several chapters within the national organization known as the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation broke away, claiming that the group's national leaders. And then there seems to be lots of money being thrown back and forth between different leaders. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more Fox News politics content. Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism? To be abundantly clear, as a registered 501c3, BLMGNF cannot and did not commit any organizational resources toward the purchase of my personal property, Khan-Cullors said in a prepared statement . Tragically, when they do donate, they are likely to bankroll a number of radical organizations,founded by committed Marxists whose goals arent to make the American Dream a reality for everyonebut to transform America completely. NYPD funding accounts for around 6% of the city's overall budget. Its because were powerful, because we are winning, Cullors said of what she characterized as right-wing media attacks in the now-private video. Its unclear where the remaining $1.7 million out of country grant went. That world was murder, sometimes literally, for minority evangelicals. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and I think that the summer of 2020 is the most important political moment in our countrys history since the civil rights movement. Black Lives Matter's history from Trayvon Martin to George Floyd. In a story published on Sunday, the Los Angeles Times columnist Erika D. Smith summarized the concerns that some Black Americans have in light of the recent BLM news. Sometimes the way that people talk, theres this notion that we can do everything ourselves. I think its evident that Black Rifle has done a good job honing in on and focusing on a certain group of customers, says Huff. More than 4 out of 5 evangelicals (84%), practicing Christians (85%), and those who attended church in the past week (85%) said there was a lot of anger and hostility among the different ethnic and racial groups in America today. D'Zhane Parker, left, Cicley Gay, center, and Shalomyah Bowers pose for a portrait on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Atlanta. Three days after the purchase, records show that the property was transferred to a Delaware limited liability company named after the homes address and representing BLMGNF for $5.8 million. The documents also said that the foundation has $42 million in net assets. Organizers tell the Associated Press that the investment is expected to become an endowment to ensure the foundations work continues in the future. The BLM Foundation has operated as a nonprofit sponsored by a charity before it became an independent, 501(c)(3) nonprofit in December 2020, requiring it to publicly disclose its finances. According to their website, their mission is to "eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes." They work to improve Black lives by stopping violent acts and advocating for Black innovation, imagination, and joy. And thats whats going to get to the heart of the issues.. Months earlier, The Postreported exclusivelyin April 2021 that Cullors, a co-founder of BLMGNF, had scooped up four high-end US homes for $3.2 million, including three in the Los Angeles area and another outside Atlanta, complete with an airplane hangar. The odds of someone wearing any single brands clothing in a viral photograph that could live on in history books is very low. From Trayvon Martin to George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement continues to highlight Black lives lost to police and racial injustice. You've successfully subscribed to this newsletter! According to an exclusive published by the AP in February last year, the BLM foundation received around $90 million in donations in 2020 alone. The role that multiethnic churches can play in healing Americas racial tensions drew debate among evangelicals over the past week. Almost 1 in 4 evangelicals (23%) say they do not support the BLM movement, more than practicing Christians (13%) or those who attended church in the past week (14%). Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much A video showing a Wichita, Kansas, police officer dancing with a group of Black Lives Matter activists at a community cookout has become an Internet hit. Mother Jones was founded as a nonprofit in 1976 because we knew corporations and billionaires wouldn't fund the type of hard-hitting journalism we set out to do. BLM, as a movement, isnt finished. subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here. And photos circulated of a man carrying zip ties, as though he planned to take hostages. Statue of Henrietta Lacks will replace Robert E . A cofounder of the Black Lives Matter Foundation paid her brother $840,000, per tax documents. The New York Post story links back to the real estate blog Dirt for information about the purchase of a fourth property. Listen on Apple Podcasts. The police chief also made the announcement that all Wichita officers will now be outfitted with body cameras and all interactions between citizens and police will be recorded. Bristol. But theres also GNF, a nonprofit foundation and legal entity. The newly reported filing which covers the period of July 1, 2020, to June 20, 2021 was given exclusively to The AP and showed that the organization received a revenue of $79 million in that time. Terms of Service apply. Leo Terrell: We need investigations of BLM, they have schemed the Black community, China accuses US officials of lying on COVID lab leak: 'Track record of making up stories', Troops discharged for refusal of COVID-19 vaccine now have a pathway to rejoin the military, Mexico's president claims country has 'more democracy' than the US, in rebuke of State Department, NYC Mayor Eric Adams says when America 'took prayers out of schools, guns came into schools'. A Black Lives Matter banner, marking the one-year anniversary of the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, hangs from the U.S. Embassy in Athens, May 25, 2021. The Black Lives Matter Global network foundation dished out millions in consulting fees, including to a board member and to individuals closely associated with its co-founder Patrisse Cullors. It is important to realize that Black Lives Matter is not waging a war on police it's waging a war on bad cops. In the early moments of the insurrection on Capitol Hill, there was a way to see it as something of a jokea serious one with important consequences, but still just a bunch of underdressed or over-costumed rubes who wanted to steal souvenirs and take selfies in Nancy Pelosis office. Of course, guns and coffee dont really have a lot in common. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Last week, a coalition of 26 Black Lives Matter Grassroots chapters filed a lawsuit against their sister nonprofit, the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation. This is where the BLM conflict lies: between the administrative arm and the grassroots arm. Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl helped the homeless by putting on a BBQ for them at an LA charity last week. Others say it was a lapse in judgment. Many see the slogan Black Lives Matter as a plea to secure the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans, especially historically wronged African Americans. Asian lives must be represented by K-pop, anime, traditional food and clothing to captivate the attention of their would be-advocates; Black lives must be represented by labor, contributions to . document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. Those familiar with. In a separate survey completed last summer, Barna also investigated the perception of race relations and the role of churches: Few Christians saw the church as the source of those divisions. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson). More than half of evangelicals (54%), practicing Christians (62%), and those who attended church in the past week (63%) strongly or somewhat agree that state and federal laws are applied impartially to people of every ethnicity. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Published Khan-Cullors pointed out the myriad jobs she has held. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. 2. Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox. Our fact check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, Save big on a full year of investigations, ideas, and insights. About four hundred people RSVPed to the event on Facebook but more than double that amount showed up to the event, thanks to positive feedback on social media. All lives matter, but not all lives need to be pulled back into moral inclusion. The watchdog, which filed a complaint against BLMNGNF to the IRS last year, said it would also file an amended complaint to the California Attorney General following the revelations of the Studio City property purchase. The former headquarters of the Canadian communist party was named the Wildseed Centre for Art and Activism by Canadian BLM members who said it was purchased using cash from BLMGNF. In a statement to BuzzFeed, Barnes said the foundation is not. The "Movement for Black Lives" does not compromise the entirety of Black Lives Matter, but rather an umbrella group comprising nearly 50 constituent organizations. Any insinuation or assertion to the contrary is categorically false., In a cease-and-desist letter responding to a press release from the policy center,the BLM foundation responded to demandthe National Legal and Policy Centerremove the insinuation that funds from the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundations funds have been used, directly or indirectly, to purchase real estate., Poll: Stark divide on race, policing emerges since George Floyd's death, USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll shows. The National Legal and Policy Center, a government watchdog, blasted the purchase of a luxury mansion by the nonprofit, and its lack of transparency. CT has previously examined how black and white Christians increasingly think differently about race, the ERLCs 2015 racial reconciliation summit, what pro-life activists and the BLM movement have to learn from one another, and why presidential candidatesand Christianscant ignore it. Its framed everything thats come afterward. Bowers has denied the accusations leveled in the suit, saying in a joint statement with the board last week that theyre harmful, divisive and false.. Here, Noel explains, instead of official arms of the state bringing the tools of war home, unaffiliated freelancers have done it themselves. According to 63-pages of tax documents acquired by the Associated Press, executives of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation Inc. have nearly $42 million in assets, despite spending more than $37 million from July 2020 to June 2021. Black lives, and all lives, would be harmed. It was inevitable that there would be infighting over that news. The claim: Black Lives Matter donations helped bankroll co-founder's home purchases Real estate purchased by a co-founder of Black Lives Matter was put under the spotlight this month. Republicans and some Democrats have basically thumbed their noses at BLM. Melina Abdullah and two other Black Lives Matters leaders reportedly bought a $6 million home in Southern California with donated funds. or redistributed. The group became a self-styled global network in 2014 and a fiscally sponsored project of a separate progressive nonprofit in 2016, according to Robert Stilson of the Capital Research Center. Tens of millions of dollars were sitting out there. 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. I want to be very clear that Im talking about the broader movement. In a lot of ways, the infighting was inevitable, given the information that came out earlier. The foundation reports it invested $32 million in stocks from the $90 million in donations, according to the tax documents. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The Los Angeles Times reported last year that Khan-Cullors signed a production deal with Warner Brothers to develop scripted dramas and comedies, docuseries and animated programming for children, young adults and families.. By signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners. It was one of those situations where people across the country were shocked to hear the news. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. It also calls for a progressive restructuring of tax codes at the local, state and federal levels to ensure a radical and sustainable redistribution of wealth., Another M4BL demand is the retroactive decriminalization, immediate release and record expungement of all drug-related offenses and prostitution and reparations for the devastating impact of the war on drugs and criminalization of prostitution.. But I think that the broader movement has much more to say about police violence and race in the US. An Instagram page for the website WokeHub.com claimed, for example, that "donations made to Black Lives Matter website go directly to the DNC" and that BlackLivesMatter.com "appears to be an . Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum Senior Fellow, Visit the Black Lives Matter website, and the first frame you get is a large crowd with fists raised and the slogan Now We Transform.. About a third of evangelicals (35%) believe racism is a problem of the past; 13 percent of them believe it strongly. including from the conservative nonprofit National Legal and Policy Center. Before youd see grunge militia guys in camo pants. These companies are likely aware of BLMs extreme agenda and recoil from bankrolling destructive ideas. The Radical Socialist Roots of 'Black Lives Matter'. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. On the other hand, more than three out of four evangelicals (76%) say they believe all lives matter, a reaction to BLM which has been used by some, including President Obama, to voice support for law enforcement. Social media users seized on the report as an indicationthat Khan-Cullors was being enriched by the Black Lives Matter movement. So, if somebodys a great speaker and organizer, then they also should have great accounting skills. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); document.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. ", Shalomyah Bowers, left, Cicley Gay, center, and D'Zhane Parker pose for a portrait on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Atlanta. Stacia L. Brown wears a lot of hats. Before they were disappointed, with a bag of Black Rifles coffee, they felt like they could still be a gun-loving patriot and have good coffee without handing over money to some limp-handshake hipster wimp at some local roaster or politically correct mega-conglomerate. If we go back to the mid-20th century, civil rights groups had specific organizational structures. Further research found thatotherrecords show that the real-estate developer bought it for the same amount that he transferred it to BLM $5.8 million. That text accompanied a picture of Khan-Cullors holding up her right fist, and the text Black Lives Matter co-founder Khan-Cullors reportedly bought four luxury homes. The post generated hundreds of shares and comments, including from users who suggested that Khan-Cullors was profiting from donations to Black Lives Matter. About 9 in 10 evangelicals (94%), practicing Christians (88%), and those who attended church in the past week (86%) said that churches play an important role in racial reconciliation. The only religious group less supportive of BLM is practicing mainline Protestants, according to Barna numbers broken out for CT. Just nine percent support the movement. Very good vibe. Shalomyah Bowers, who serves as the BLM foundations board secretary, said the foundation plans to launch a "transparency and accountability center" on its website to make its financial documents available for public inspection. Part of HuffPost News. As details trickled in, it looked less and less funny. The majority of evangelicals (60%), practicing Christians (69%), and those who attended church in the past week (69%) said that reverse racism is a problem in our society today. "Black Lives Matter" is both a movement and an organization, but underpinning both is a deep connection to radical Marxism and a desire to not just protect and improve black lives, but to destroy the foundations of free society and build on their remains a . The goals of the Black Lives Matter organization go far beyond what most people think. The claim that Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors bought four luxury homes is MISSING CONTEXT, because without additional information it could be misleading. The "First Steps Cookout" included free food provided by the police, the community and local businesses and the opportunity to have open conversations with law enforcement. Its everything I was hoping for, Wichita police chief Gordon Ramsay told KWCH. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper. Its hard to distance yourself from the bit if you are the person you are parodying. Beyond this gun-friendly politicized community,the brand has proven popular among firearms users and enthusiasts who frequent extreme online gun forums, places like ar15.com, SnipersHide, M4carbine, and 4chans weapons board /k/, which all skew very right-wing. He was previously cited in the New York Magazine as BLM's head of security. In an October podcast interview with Rogan, CEO Evan Hafer recalled a dinner he had in Dallas with Steven Crowder, a right-wing online personality, in a tone suggesting a friendship. GNF is responsible for raising funds and directing financial support toward the BLM Grassroots chapters, which engage in the on-the-ground work, according to the suit. Marilyn Monroe and Humphrey Bogart were a few A-listers who stayed as guests in this estate.. . The home is intended to serve as housing and studio space for recipients of the Black Joy Creators Fellowship, Bowers said. Spanx. To understand this tension, we must first understand the structure of BLM. Many decamped to Stocking Mill Coffee, an even more extreme brand, according to Noel. Noel says the community made an offline arrival at the deadly 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. BLM received $90 million in donations amid the 2020 protests and riots that were carried out in major cities across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd. The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation hastaken in about $90 million in 2020, when racial unrest exploded nationwide after the killing by police of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, according to the Associated Press. No public financial filings have yet been made. She has two book deals, including authorship of a New York Times best-selling memoir.