{"id":1315311,"date":"2022-02-19T19:52:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T00:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1315311"},"modified":"2022-02-19T19:52:59","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T00:52:59","slug":"hollywood-celebrities-supported-louisville-blm-fund-that-bailed-out-quintez-brown-getting-heroes-out-of-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebrities-supported-louisville-blm-fund-that-bailed-out-quintez-brown-getting-heroes-out-of-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Celebrities Supported Louisville BLM Fund That Bailed Out Quintez Brown: &#039;Getting Heroes Out of Jail&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhollywood-celebrities-supported-louisville-blm-fund-that-bailed-out-quintez-brown-getting-heroes-out-of-jail%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1315311&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/quintezbrownbailfundcelebs1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Hollywood celebrities supported a Black Lives Matter bail fund that recently bailed out Quintez Brown, the BLM and anti-gun activist who has been charged with the attempted murder of a mayoral candidate in Louisville, Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrities who have promoted or donated to the Louisville Community Bail Fund, which is overseen by&nbsp;Black Lives Matter Louisville, include ABC\u2019s <em>Scandal<\/em> star Kerry Washington, actress-singer&nbsp;Janelle Mon\u00e1e, <em>Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/em> actor Dan Levy, <em>Jeopardy!<\/em> host Mayim Bialik, and <em>Hamilton<\/em> star Lin-Manuel Miranda.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Many of the stars encouraged their fans to donate to the bail fund in 2020 during the BLM riots related to the shooting death of Breonna Taylor by Louisville police that year.<\/p>\n<p>Quintez Brown was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/15\/anti-gun-blm-activist-quintez-brown-charged-with-attempted-murder-of-louisville-mayoral-candidate\/\">arrested<\/a> this week and was&nbsp;charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting at Louisville, Kentucky, mayoral candidate Craig Greenburg (D).<\/p>\n<p>Brown reportedly&nbsp;entered Greenberg\u2019s campaign headquarters and opened fire with a Glock 9mm handgun.&nbsp;Greenberg was not injured in the attack and&nbsp;Brown was apprehended ten minutes afterward.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Just days after his arrest, the&nbsp;Louisville Community Bail Fund <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2022\/02\/17\/black-lives-matter-funds-bond-for-accused-kentucky-mayoral-candidate-assassin\/\">posted<\/a> the $100,000 bond to free Brown from jail as he awaits trial. Brown penned an anti-gun newspaper column in 2019 for Louisville\u2019s<em>&nbsp;Courier-Journal<\/em> in which he excoriated \u201cgun-loving Republicans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Celebrities championed&nbsp;the&nbsp;Louisville Community Bail Fund as an instrument of social justice during the 2020 BLM riots.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hidden Figures<\/em> star&nbsp;Janelle Mon\u00e1e urged her fans to donate to the fund.&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019m getting heroes out of jail in Louisville. Join me if you can (especially those who seek to be allies). Let\u2019s donate,\u201d she tweeted that year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m getting heroes out of jail in Louisville . Join me if you can (especially those who seek to be allies). Let\u2019s donate . <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xbsfw3mutm\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xbsfw3mutm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Janelle Mon\u00e1e, Cindi Mayweather\ud83d\udc7d\ud83d\ude86\u1f68 (@JanelleMonae) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JanelleMonae\/status\/1266272193538744320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pops\u2019 <em>Schitt\u2019s Creek<\/em> star Dan Levy urged fans to contribute to the fund in the name of \u201cjustice.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Disgusted. Enraged. Heartbroken. Please contribute if you can. Justice should not be a luxury. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BreonnaTaylor?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BreonnaTaylor<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SruISxW1Wf\">https:\/\/t.co\/SruISxW1Wf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 dan levy (@danjlevy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/danjlevy\/status\/1308857116950659073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 23, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>ABC\u2019s <em>Scandal<\/em> star Kerry Washington announced she would donate to the Louisville Community Bail Fund and other charities for each person who joined her online yoga class.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CAyT3-TncHq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Hamilton<\/em> star Lin-Manuel Miranda \u2014 who just received an Oscar nomination for Disney-Pixar\u2019s <em>Encanto<\/em> \u2014 said he donated to the fund and encouraged his fans to do the same to combat \u201cracism\u201d and \u201cinjustice.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donating &amp; adding the Louisville Community Bail Fund to the list below.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JYfV003QBQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/JYfV003QBQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you cannot donate, amplify\/volunteer.<\/p>\n<p>If you are heartsick over racism &amp; injustice, let it manifest action, work towards justice, however you can manage. God keep you safe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hytyUjFh4d\">https:\/\/t.co\/hytyUjFh4d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lin_Manuel\/status\/1266391183770750976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Actress Gabrielle Union also encouraged her followers to support the bail fund.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you!! On it now. Please support yall. Everything helps. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PA2pKfq5d1\">https:\/\/t.co\/PA2pKfq5d1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsgabrielleu\/status\/1266277873192583168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The stars of Fox\u2019s <em>Call Me Kat<\/em>, including Mayim Bialik and Darlene Hunt, also urged fans to donate to the Louisville Community Bail Fund, noting their show is set in the Kentucky city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI set our upcoming Fox series in Louisville to honor my hometown,\u201d Hunt <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2020\/06\/mayim-bialik-jim-parsons-louisville-set-series-call-me-kat-donation-citys-bail-fund-1202963879\/\">told<\/a> Deadline in 2020. \u201cBut in light of current events, supporting the Louisville Community Bail Fund seemed like an important way to not only honor my hometown but to also hopefully promote positive change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayim Bialik, who is now a host of <em>Jeopardy!<\/em>, said: \u201cBecause our show is set in a location which has been a significant part of the ongoing conversation surrounding the current events in our country, we wanted to start our season with a show of solidarity as a family and support those needing legal and financial assistance due to the events in and around Louisville.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow David Ng on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeyItsDavidNg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@HeyItsDavidNg<\/a>. Have a tip? Contact me at&nbsp;<a class=\"c-link x5l\" href=\"mailto:dng@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">dng@breitbart.com<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood celebrities supported a Black Lives Matter bail fund that recently bailed out Quintez Brown, the BLM and anti-gun activist who has been charged with the attempted murder of a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1315311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1315311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1315311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1315311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1315311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}