BLM co-founder claims her mistakes with $90M in 'white guilt money' are being weaponized against her
Daily MailA former Black Lives Matter leader admitted the charity was not prepared to handle such a large influx of what she called 'white guilt money' donated after the murder of George Floyd - and argues mistakes made with the funds are now being 'weaponized against her.' Former Black Lives Matter leader Patrisse Cullors admitted the charity was not prepared to handle the influx of 'white guilt money' donated after the murder of George Floyd and said mistakes made with the funds are now being 'weaponized against her' Black Lives Matter spent $6M on a mansion in Studio City, California The Toronto mansion was purchased with funds that came from an $8M BLMGNF grant Cullors, during Monday's interview, defended the actions she the BLM board's sole voting director and argued that like all people she is subject to human error. Newly released tax filings reveal that BLM paid a company owned by Damon Turner, the father of co-founder Patrisse Cullors' child, nearly $970,000 to help 'produce live events' and provide other 'creative services.' The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation on Tuesday released a 63-page Form 990, covering the fiscal year from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021 BLM spent $6million on a Los Angeles mansion, according to the filings The new filing also revealed paid the foundation $390 over her uses of the 6,500 square-foot Studio City property in Los Angeles for two private events Cullors has repeatedly denied claims that she took money from BLM for personal matters and has reiterated that all the purchases and transactions - including the lavish 6,500 square-foot Studio City property home - were legitimate As well, the document confirms that BLMGNF transferred $6.3 million to a Canadian non-profit tied to Cullor's spouse, Janaya Khan, to purchase a mansion once used as the Toronto headquarters of the Communist Party. The couple is pictured in 2020 A consulting firm run by Shalomyah Bowers, who is BLM's board secretary and has previously served as deputy executive director, was paid more than $2.1 million for providing the organization with operational support Also raising eyebrows was the fact that during the last fiscal year, Cullors was the foundation board's sole voting director and held no board meetings, according to the filing.