{"id":190588,"date":"2021-03-04T20:15:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T01:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=190588"},"modified":"2021-03-04T20:15:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T01:15:18","slug":"father-of-slain-ferguson-teen-demands-20m-from-blm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/father-of-slain-ferguson-teen-demands-20m-from-blm\/","title":{"rendered":"Father of slain Ferguson teen demands $20M from BLM"},"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\">18<\/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%2Ffather-of-slain-ferguson-teen-demands-20m-from-blm%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=190588&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 id=\"attachment_2381990\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2381990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The casket of Michael Brown sits inside Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church awaiting the start of his funeral on August 25, 2014 in St. Louis Missouri. (Photo by Robert Cohen-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 5:00 PM PT \u2013 Thursday, March 4, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The father of Michael Brown Jr. accused Black Lives Matter of abandoning the city where the movement first garnered national attention. In a statement Tuesday, Michael Brown Sr., along with other activists, demanded BLM provide millions of dollars for Ferguson, Missouri.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2381992\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2381992\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2381992 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-453756370.jpg\" alt=\"FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 17: Michael Brown Sr. and Lesley McSpadden, the parents of slain teenager Michael Brown, attend a rally at Greater Grace Church on August 17, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Their son was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer on August 9. Despite the Brown family's continued call for peaceful demonstrations, violent protests have erupted nearly every night in Ferguson since his death. (Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2381992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Brown Sr. and Lesley McSpadden, the parents of slain teenager Michael Brown. (Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Activists said they want $20 million and noted they\u2019re not looking for a handout, but for funding to keep the movement strong where it began. To date, Brown Sr. said he\u2019s received around $500 from the organization.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today our co-founder, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ferguson<\/a> frontline organizer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VanguardTNT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VanguardTNT<\/a> alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MikeBrown?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MikeBrown<\/a>&#8216;s father demands 20 million from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a> in order to continue the work they and other have been doing since the uprising since 2014. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4rDA28ZKnB\">pic.twitter.com\/4rDA28ZKnB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheIBFA (@THEIBFA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THEIBFA\/status\/1366741834094026754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe have groups like the Lost Voices and the Freedom Fighters here,\u201d International Black Freedom Alliance Director Tory Russell said. \u201cAnd the thousands of other youth activists in their 20s and 30s have been out in the streets protesting for months and months, and years and years. Still forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2381991\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2381991\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2381991 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-453768716-656x437-1.jpg\" alt=\"FERGUSON, MO - AUGUST 17: Tear gas reigns down on a woman kneeling in the street with her hands in the air after a demonstration over the killing of teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 17, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Despite the Brown family's continued call for peaceful demonstrations, violent protests have erupted nearly every night in Ferguson since his August 9, death. (Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images)\" width=\"656\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2381991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FERGUSON, MO \u2013 AUGUST 17: Tear gas reigns down on a woman kneeling in the street with her hands in the air after a demonstration over the killing of teenager Michael Brown by a Ferguson police officer on August 17, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Despite the Brown family\u2019s continued call for peaceful demonstrations, violent protests have erupted nearly every night in Ferguson since his August 9, death. (Photo by Scott Olson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2014,\u00a0 the death of Michael Brown Jr. sparked violent protests in Ferguson and demonstrations across the country. In the meantime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/michael-brown-blm-million-donations\">reports<\/a> said BLM took in more than $90 million last year, mostly in donations.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/waltz-biden-neanderthal-comment-is-liberal-elitism\/\">Waltz: Biden\u2019s Neanderthal Comment Is \u2018Liberal Elitism\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The casket of Michael Brown sits inside Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church awaiting the start of his funeral on August 25, 2014 in St. Louis Missouri. 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