{"id":1418481,"date":"2022-04-04T16:44:56","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T20:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1418481"},"modified":"2022-04-04T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T20:45:00","slug":"where-did-the-millions-of-dollars-donated-to-black-lives-matter-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/where-did-the-millions-of-dollars-donated-to-black-lives-matter-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Did The Millions Of Dollars Donated To Black Lives Matter Go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fwhere-did-the-millions-of-dollars-donated-to-black-lives-matter-go%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=1418481&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/BLM.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In the aftermath of George Floyd\u2019s death, three words captivated the nation\u2019s attention: Black Lives Matter. It became a rallying cry for hundreds of demonstrations around the world; BLM\u2019s black frame became ubiquitous on social media profiles; its activists engaged in what legacy media outlets called \u201cmostly peaceful protests.\u201d Perhaps most importantly, it became the financial beneficiary of our nation\u2019s outrage. Corporations, philanthropies, and celebrities pledged hefty donations to BLM and associated charities.<\/p>\n<p>But now, one question confounds many of the people who supported that group: What happened to the tens of millions of dollars donated to the BLM? Local chapters said those donations did not filter down to the activists on the street. One of its founders, a self-proclaimed Marxist, purchased multiple homes, including a luxurious home in Georgia. The organization has thwarted efforts to find out who\u2019s in charge, or even where its offices are located, and especially what happened to the money. Most recently, one of the group\u2019s rare public financial documents revealed that BLM\u2019s new leadership includes figures deeply enmeshed in the inner circle of Hillary Clinton. The organization\u2019s finances are so mysterious and poorly kept that Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=i7vsiVbRJZc\">called<\/a> BLM \u201cone of the largest grifts in American history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What has happened to an organization that claimed to be a grassroots movement representing the people?<\/p>\n<p><strong>BLM\u2019s camouflaged radicalism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Black Lives Matter has had the most miraculous resurrection since Jesus Christ. As this author has written, \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u2019s approval rating has more than\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/news\/502267-support-for-black-lives-matter-doubles-since-2016-poll\">doubled<\/a>\u00a0\u2026 from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/news\/502267-support-for-black-lives-matter-doubles-since-2016-poll\">27%<\/a>\u00a0in 2016 to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/most-americans-hold-favorable-view-of-black-lives-matter-doubling-in-last-five-years-poll\">57%<\/a>\u00a0in 2020.\u201d That\u2019s no small feat for an organization founded by figures on the Marxist fringe.<\/p>\n<p>The BLM\u2019s formal national structure, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF), was formed in 2013 by three activists \u2014 Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi. The trio coined the phrase as a hashtag on social media after a jury found that George Zimmerman had acted in self-defense when he killed Trayvon Martin. Initial reaction proved positive. Hip-hop stars Jay Z, Beyonc\u00e9, and Nicki Minaj held a concert in October 2015 that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/737526\/tidal-donating-1-5-million-from-charity-concert-to-black-lives-matter\">raised $1.5 million<\/a> for BLM.<\/p>\n<p>But soon, BLM protesters associated the words \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d with violent protests in Ferguson Missouri, and with escalating anti-police rhetoric. In the summer of 2015, BLM protesters marched through the streets of St. Paul, Minnesota, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eXcLuIq23tw\">chanting<\/a>, \u201cPigs in a blanket! Fry \u2018em like bacon!\u201d (While legacy media fact-checkers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/07\/02\/politics\/fact-check-trump-pigs-blanket-black-lives-matter\/index.html\">pointed out<\/a> that this chapter was not an official affiliate of BLMGNF, the movement is notoriously diffuse.) By 2016, the number of cops ambushed in the line of duty hit a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2016\/11\/21\/ambush-killings-of-police-officers-has-hit-a-10-year-high\">10-year high<\/a> \u2014 and some BLM protesters seemed to celebrate.\u00a0 BLM became so associated with violence that The Washington Post published an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/posteverything\/wp\/2015\/10\/01\/dont-criticize-black-lives-matter-for-provoking-violence-the-civil-rights-movement-did-too\/\">op-ed<\/a> titled, \u201cDon\u2019t Criticize Black Lives Matter for Provoking Violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conservative media, including this author, also began to spread the word about the BLM\u2019s camouflaged radicalism. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/pcullors0722blacklives\">July 2015<\/a> interview on The Real News Network, Morgan State University professor Jared Ball told Cullors some activists had complained about \u201ca lack of perhaps ideological direction in Black Lives Matter\u201d and suggested \u201ca more clear ideological structuring might be of some value\u201d to the organization. \u201cWe actually do have an ideological frame. Myself and Alicia, in particular, are trained organizers,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HgEUbSzOTZ8\">replied<\/a> Cullors. \u201cWe are trained Marxists.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Five years later, Cullors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trained-marxist-blm-co-founder-releases-youtube-video-to-set-the-record-straight\">doubled-down<\/a> on her self-description. In an online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rEp1kxg58kE\">video<\/a> in December 2020, Cullors alternately laughed away criticisms and claimed they deeply hurt before finally answering: \u201cAm I a Marxist? I am a lot of things. I do believe in Marxism.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Cullors \u201cwas trained for 10 years at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/labor-community-strategy-center\/\">Labor Community Strategy Center<\/a>, which was established by Eric Mann, a former member of the terrorist Weather Underground. Mann boasts about that in a book he published in 2012, well before the start of Black Lives Matter,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/staff\/mike-gonzalez\">Mike Gonzalez<\/a>, a scholar at the <a href=\"https:\/\/heritage.org\/\">Heritage Foundation<\/a> and author of the book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/BLM-Making-New-Marxist-Revolution\/dp\/1641772239\">BLM: The Making of a New Marxist Revolution<\/a>,\u201d told me. \u201cAlicia Garza also was trained and recruited by deeply ideological Marxists. Opal Tometi embraces the Communist\/Marxist government of Venezuela.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>BLM, which endorsed a number of far-Left positions, may have summed up its indifference to the quality of life in the black community when its website vowed to \u201cdisrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of BLM\u2019s three co-founders, Opal Tometi,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/q-and-a\/a-black-lives-matter-co-founder-explains-why-this-time-is-different\">confessed<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<em>The New Yorker <\/em><em>BLM always used the wedge issues of police brutality and racism to promote a complete overhaul of the American financial and governmental system<\/em>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>W<\/em><em>hen we started Black Lives Matter, it wasn\u2019t solely about police brutality and extrajudicial killing. That was a spark point \u2026 [to] talk about \u2026 housing and education and health-care \u2026 [W]e have been calling for the defunding of police, a moratorium on rent, a moratorium on mortgages and utilities.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The tactic is hardly new. Other left-wing activists have admitted to using popular causes as a bait-and-switch to promote collectivism. Marian Wright Edelman, who founded the Children\u2019s Defense Fund, said her rallies to expand the welfare state drew a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.lib.vt.edu\/VA-news\/ROA-Times\/issues\/1996\/rt9601\/960123\/01230054.htm\">shrinking audience<\/a>\u201d until \u201cI got the idea that children might be a very effective way to <a href=\"https:\/\/therightswriter.com\/2009\/08\/soros-care\/\">broaden the base for change<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez said most of the American people never learned about BLM\u2019s disturbing views, because \u201cthe media doesn\u2019t cover Black Lives Matter. The media covers for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But as the facts dribbled out at the end of the Obama administration, the public lost confidence in BLM. And the national temperature changed over the next few years with the election of President Donald Trump, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1V46JPtj31s\">described<\/a> himself as a \u201claw and order\u201d president.<\/p>\n<p>Then, in May 2020, Officer Derek Chauvin violated police protocol by kneeling on George Floyd\u2019s neck for more than 9 minutes until he died. The media marked it as an epoch-changing moment. They decreed: A racial reckoning had dawned. Protesters around the world took to the streets in what the media dubbed \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/msnbc-people-only-think-blm-riots-were-violent-because-of-fox-news-newsmax-oan-bubble\">mostly peaceful protests<\/a>,\u201d which caused billions of dollars in damage and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/oct\/31\/americans-killed-protests-political-unrest-acled\">killed<\/a>\u00a0at least 25 people. \u00a0Nearly three out of every four (72%) major law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and Canada reported that rioters\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wdrb.com\/news\/national\/police-chief-association-releases-number-of-officers-injured-nationwide-during-violent-protests\/article_db673920-34ab-11eb-9431-a3e24704f86a.html\">injured police officers<\/a>\u00a0during their cities\u2019 BLM protests.<\/p>\n<p>In the long, hot summer of 2020, BLM became associated with violence once again. Sgt. John Mattingly, an officer on the Louisville Metro Police force and author of the new book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/12-Seconds-Dark-Officers-Firsthand\/dp\/1956007016\">12 Seconds in the Dark<\/a>,\u201d remembered watching helplessly as \u201cseven people were shot the first night down in the protest in Louisville. Cars were burned. And I remember the anxiety, sitting there with the sweat rolling down the armpits. thinking, \u2018Man, I should be out there with those guys.\u2019 You know, I felt like I had almost betrayed them, because I wasn\u2019t allowed to be down there with my brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said BLM activists bailed out protesters, who went on to revictimize the city\u2013and each other.\u00a0\u201cOne of the people that they had led out on bail that they had paid for shot another protester in the park and killed him \u2014 so, the blood\u2019s on their hands, even though they won\u2019t take responsibility for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But this time, the violence didn\u2019t matter. The money kept rolling in. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/interactive\/2021\/george-floyd-corporate-america-racial-justice\/\">Corporate titans<\/a> such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Coca-Cola and Pepsi gave money to BLM charities. \u201cPeople have to know we didn\u2019t go out and solicit the money. This is money that came from white guilt, white corporation guilt, and they just poured money in,\u201d Cullors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/money\/other\/amazon-suspends-black-lives-matter-from-its-charity-platform\/ar-AAU0YDe\">marveled<\/a> in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>But so did millions of Americans who knew nothing of the group\u2019s Marxist roots.\u00a0\u201cIndividual Americans, who are good-natured, had their feelings manipulated, and then you have corporations who, out of a need to virtue-signal, send millions of dollars to the BLM organization, Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation,\u201d Gonzalez said. Despite the support of billionaires, BLMGNF said its average donation amounted to just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2021-02-23\/ap-exclusive-black-lives-matter-opens-up-about-its-finances\">$30.76<\/a>. Those are the funds whose custody appears to be a mystery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018You\u2019re livin\u2019 real good off \u2026 our babies\u2019 blood\u2019: BLM\u2019s finances under fire<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the very beginning, tensions arose between local BLM chapters and the BLM Global Network Foundation over its finances. \u201cThe smaller chapters are putting in all the work, and the Global Network is getting all the paychecks, and they\u2019re getting all the recognition,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MmK410xKhYI\">said<\/a> Lisa Simpson, whose son Richard Risher was killed by police in 2016, during an interview last March. \u201cThey don\u2019t got a boot to the ground, period. They got their wallet to the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Things only got worse as a few details became public. BLMGNF did not initially obtain its own tax-exempt status, instead choosing to operate as an affiliated project of a left-wing nonprofit called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/thousand-currents\/\">Thousand Currents<\/a>. Thousand Currents revealed that, between 2017 and 2019, no less than <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/18\/black-lives-matter-spending-millions-travel-consultants\/\">83%<\/a> of BLMGNF\u2019s spending went to travel, salaries, and consultants\u2019 or vendors\u2019 fees; only 6% got passed on to local chapters.<\/p>\n<p>By November 2020, local chapter leaders reached a breaking point, going public with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blmchapterstatement.com\/no1\/\">statement<\/a> saying, \u201cFor years there has been inquiry regarding the financial operations of BLMGN and no acceptable process of either public or internal transparency about the unknown millions of dollars donated to BLMGN, which has certainly increased during this time of pandemic and rebellion. To the best of our knowledge, most chapters have received little to no financial support from BLMGN since the launch in 2013.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the people who lost loved ones also spoke out. \u201cYou\u2019re living good, you\u2019re living good, you\u2019re living <em>real <\/em>good off our kids \u2014 our babies\u2019 blood,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MmK410xKhYI\">said<\/a> Samira Rice, whose son, Tamir Rice, was shot by police in 2014. Lisa Simpson said BLM\u2019s financial focus and insistence on basking in the spotlight set back her quest for a judicial response. \u201cThey have clearly messed this fight up and got people thinking that our fight is all about money, but it ain\u2019t about money.\u201d Rice agreed BLMGNF\u2019s economic solicitation \u201cmakes our fight as parents harder.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In July 2020, BLMGNF would shift away from Thousand Currents to become a <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalresearch.org\/app\/uploads\/Black-Lives-Matter-Thousand-Currents-Tides-Center-Handoff.-07.28.20.pdf\">project<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/therightswriter.com\/2004\/02\/teresa-heinz-kerry-bag-lady-for-the-radical-left\/\">the Tides Foundation<\/a> \u2014 a radical nonprofit founded in 1976 that has a long history of funding controversial left-wing groups such groups as the Ruckus Society (which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2019-11-29\/what-seattle-s-wto-protests-mean-20-years-later\">involved<\/a> in violent protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle in 1999), the National Lawyers Guild, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). But Tides\u2019 authority over BLM proved short-lived as the IRS granted BLMGNF its own tax-exempt status in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/28\/blm-has-60m-on-hand-but-its-unclear-who-controls-it-report\/\">December 2020<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BLMGNF\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/blacklivesmatter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/blm-2020-impact-report.pdf\">2020 Impact Report<\/a> said the group had received $90 million in donations. It donated $21.7 million to other organizations, including 11 local BLM chapters \u2014 but most of the recipients of its six-figure grants were never part of the BLM. Some of the organizations that got include the Black Trans Travel Fund, Black Trans Femmes in the Arts, and the Transgender Law Center\u2019s Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project \u2014 groups whose connection to police brutality is not readily apparent.<\/p>\n<p>BLM bragged about spending <a href=\"https:\/\/blacklivesmatter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/blm-2020-impact-report.pdf\">$2 million<\/a> on a 2020 get-out-the-vote drive aimed at young voters and minorities. Its name, \u201cBallot or the Bullet,\u201d came from a famous 1964 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rev.com\/blog\/transcripts\/the-ballot-or-the-bullet-speech-transcript-malcolm-x\">speech<\/a> by Malcolm X in which he stated: \u201cHistorically, revolutions are bloody, oh yes they are. They have never had a bloodless revolution. Or a non-violent revolution. That don\u2019t happen even in Hollywood.\u201d It would be hard to imagine any conservative organization positively referencing such incendiary rhetoric without triggering instant scrutiny from the FBI and DHS \u2014 but BLM appeared to play by its own set of legal rules.<\/p>\n<p>The annual report also revealed that BLMGNF said it spent $8.4 million on \u201coperating expenses.\u201d Even that figure raises eyebrows, since the group\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/555333878\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=scroll&#038;access_key=key-hMrQvleV2T2fPI7DoWvT\">noted<\/a>\u00a0 in an August 2020 IRS filing that it expected to spend $12,706,366 in \u201cProfessional Fees\u201d that year.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2021, the group transferred millions of dollars to its Canadian chapter, which spent <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/29\/black-lives-matter-sent-millions-to-canada-charity-m4bj-for-mansion\/\">$6.3 million<\/a>(U.S.) to buy the former headquarters of the Communist Party of Canada to <a href=\"https:\/\/wildseedcentre.com\/about\/\">serve<\/a> as \u201ca transfeminist, queer affirming space politically aligned with supporting [b]lack liberation.\u201d It would also be the headquarters for BLM\u2019s Canadian chapter, which is led by Janaya Khan \u2014 the legally wedded wife of Patrisse Cullors.\u00a0Other expenditures went to consultants who were related to Cullors or other BLMGNF employees.<\/p>\n<p>Tax documents showed that Cullors had ties to other charities that sent up red flags over their spending patterns. The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/31\/blm-co-founder-patrisse-cullors-tied-to-spending-red-flag-groups-report\/\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>One of the groups, Reform LA Jails, in 2019 collected more than $1.4 million, of which $205,000 went to a consulting company owned by Cullors and her spouse Janaya Khan, <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2022\/01\/black-lives-matter-finances.html\">New York magazine said<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Another $211,000 was paid to Cullors\u2019 pal Asha Bandele, who co-wrote her memoir, and about $86,000 was paid to an entertainment, clothing and consulting company called Trap Heals, which was started by Damon Turner, the father of Cullors\u2019 child, according to the report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It also became known that Cullors had spent $3.2 million buying <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/04\/10\/inside-blm-co-founder-patrisse-khan-cullors-real-estate-buying-binge\/\">four<\/a> homes \u2014 three in California and one in Georgia. The legacy media, which until recently could not get enough news about Black Lives Matters, had little to say about these matter. And, as with Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop, social media banned people from sharing the news, allegedly out of concern it threatened Cullors\u2019 safety.<\/p>\n<p>Cullors eventually justified her actions by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-york-times-blames-gop-elites-for-blms-decline-in-popularity-nationwide\">saying<\/a> \u201chomeownership has always been a way to disrupt white supremacy,\u201d and she insisted that she used no BLM funds to finance her real estate purchases. But the move brought unwanted scrutiny to BLM\u2019s finances, so Cullors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/blms-millions-go-unaccounted-for-after-leaders-quietly-jump-ship\">stepped down<\/a> in May 2021, naming two people\u00a0 to lead BLMGNF in her place: Makani Themba and Monifa Bandele. But four months later, we learned they never assumed the group\u2019s leadership. \u201cWe were not able to come to an agreement with the acting Leadership Council about our scope of work and authority,\u201d Themba <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Makani_Themba\/status\/1433806826999582724\">explained<\/a>. \u201cAs a result, we did not have the opportunity to serve in this capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks to everyone for your support. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E268EUpVo4\">pic.twitter.com\/E268EUpVo4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Makani Themba (@Makani_Themba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Makani_Themba\/status\/1433806826999582724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>They told the media, they had no idea who was in charge of BLM \u2014 or its finances. In late January 2022, a reporter from The Washington Examiner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/blms-millions-go-unaccounted-for-after-leaders-quietly-jump-ship\">visited<\/a> the address listed on BLM\u2019s tax documents, only to have a security guard tell them BLM had never had an office at that location. And the two known board members reportedly refused all media queries.<\/p>\n<p>BLM had no public leader, no clear address, and no accountability for tens of millions of dollars. Scott Walter, president of the <a href=\"https:\/\/capitalresearch.org\/\">Capital Research Center<\/a>, which operates <a href=\"https:\/\/influencewatch.org\/\">InfluenceWatch.org<\/a>, said he\u2019s never seen anything like it in the nonprofit world. \u201cThe $66 or more million that it was last known to possess\u201d is \u201cmore than the overwhelming number of charities ever get to see. And to have that be a giant question mark of who controls it \u2026 is just amazing,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n<p>BLMGNF seemed to go out of its way to avoid transparency. The group changed the beginning of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/blm-accounting-gimmick-further-delays-disclosure-of-its-60m-bankroll\">fiscal year<\/a> from January to July, an accounting trick that allowed it to avoid reporting on its $60 million windfall until this May 15.<\/p>\n<p>Even Democratic states could not ignore these improprieties.\u00a0BLM was banned from fundraising in such deep-blue states as California and Washington. It was ruled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/blm-continues-fundraising-in-washington-despite-immediately-cease-order\">out of compliance<\/a> with legal reporting requirements in Connecticut, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pfr.maine.gov\/ALMSOnline\/ALMSQuery\/ShowDetail.aspx?DetailToken=DF553294BD60286E6B2D91DD86E5D7D74753C6A6F1AA443358F823D7E119FF61&#038;AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1\">Maine<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sos.maryland.gov\/Charity\/Pages\/SearchCharity.aspx\">Maryland<\/a>, New Jersey, North Carolina, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cos.vdacs.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/char_search.cgi?act=2&#038;sysorgno=81776&#038;orgname=Black%20Lives%20Matter%20Global%20Network%20Foundation%2C%20Inc.\">Virginia<\/a>.The California Justice Department threatened to hold board members \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/california-threatens-to-hold-blms-leaders-personally-liable-over-missing-financial-records\">personally liable<\/a>\u201d for the accounting breach. The Democratic fundraising organization ActBlue cut ties with BLM, and the scandal has boomeranged on BLM\u2019s corporate donors. Amazon booted Black Lives Matter off of AmazonSmiles program. \u201cThat\u2019s particularly amusing, because Amazon has itself given millions to Black Lives Matter,\u201d said Walter.<\/p>\n<p>The latest document BLM has released contained another revelation as explosive as any of its protests: BLM tax documents said its books were being handled by the Elias Law Group, which is run by high-powered Democratic attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/3-ways-democrats-are-trying-to-overturn-elections\">Marc Elias<\/a> \u2014 the man who funded Christopher Steele\u2019s infamous Russian dossier. BLM also listed a new member of its board of directors, Minyon Moore. Both Elias and Moore have long ties to Bill and Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Is this a sign that the radical group has become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Democratic Party? Scott Walter believes Elias took the helm, because BLM\u2019s false cries of racism generate so much sympathy for left-wing causes that it can\u2019t be allowed to fail. Whatever is happening with its books, or its future, we know that in just a few years BLM has profoundly altered American culture, self-image, and policing policy. \u201cDespite the fact that there are many questions about what they have done with $60 million today, they continue to make our lives worse,\u201d Gonzalez told me. \u201cChildren are indoctrinated in the classroom because of Black Lives Matter. Adults are indoctrinated in their places of work because of Black Lives Matter. The homicide rate has increased because of Black Lives Matter. They have left a trail of tears behind them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know,\u201d he concluded, \u201cthey may have changed the United States permanently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps worst of all, U.S. citizens have wrongly come to believe that police are oppressors; America is systemically racist; and their country is not the world\u2019s leading beacon of freedom, a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/how-crt-destroys-a-shining-city-on-a-hill\">shining city on a hill<\/a>.\u201d That may be BLM\u2019s greatest theft.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the aftermath of George Floyd\u2019s death, three words captivated the nation\u2019s attention: Black Lives Matter. 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