{"id":202058,"date":"2021-03-08T23:15:05","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T04:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=202058"},"modified":"2021-03-08T23:15:08","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T04:15:08","slug":"black-lives-matter-leader-says-some-black-critics-lifted-up-right-wing-propaganda-about-blm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-lives-matter-leader-says-some-black-critics-lifted-up-right-wing-propaganda-about-blm\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Lives Matter Leader Says Some Black Critics \u2018Lifted Up Right-Wing Propaganda About BLM\u2019"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fblack-lives-matter-leader-says-some-black-critics-lifted-up-right-wing-propaganda-about-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=202058&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\/2021\/03\/BLM.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation\u2019s executive director has accused some of her critics in the black community of amplifying \u201cright-wing propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of the BLM Global Network, recently took to social media to express her displeasure. While she did not mention names, Cullors is widely believed to be referencing recent questions from other black liberation activists about whether the foundation ethically manages its donations, which reportedly topped $90 million in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast week I was lied on by my own community,\u201d Cullors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CMENnC6H3L4\/\">posted<\/a> on Instagram on Friday. \u201cI cried and I hurt and I confronted folks. The media, especially Black media reported on lies. The media especially Black media decided to advance slander against me and my organization. No body (sic) investigated or asked questions. Instead we lifted up right wing propaganda about BLM.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So basically, Patrice Cullors got caught with her hands in the goddamn cookie jar.<\/p>\n<p>Your &#8220;organization&#8221; (a mostly faceless entity, with a vague at best financial infrastructure) takes in over $90M, but you only disburse BARELY $3M to your local chapters??<\/p>\n<p>Something stinks. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1a874mMv0x\">https:\/\/t.co\/1a874mMv0x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Isaiah L. Carter (@IsaiahLCarter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsaiahLCarter\/status\/1368345998448279562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s easier not to believe Black women,\u201d wrote Cullors. \u201cMy practice in abolition teaches me compassion, boundaries, forgiveness and to lean towards healing. So, I am doing just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo much of what you all see is a sliver of what\u2019s happening behind the scenes,\u201d Cullors continued. \u201cI will continue to fight for Black lives even when Black people treat me like dirt. That work is bigger than me and us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An activist group called the International Black Freedom Alliance (IBFA) published a video last week demanding financial support from Black Lives Matter. It featured black liberation organizer Tory Russell standing next to Michael Brown, Sr., who remains silent during the message.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Even before the article that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronlmorrison?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aaronlmorrison<\/a> came out <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ferguson?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ferguson<\/a> Mike Brown Sr. and many Black community members have had questions about the money <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a> was raising. Here is their statement <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ykpGZ5Z4KJ\">pic.twitter.com\/ykpGZ5Z4KJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheIBFA (@THEIBFA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THEIBFA\/status\/1366743442370539524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Russell said he spoke \u201con the behalf of many activists in the St. Louis area,\u201d claiming BLM \u201chas forgotten about Ferguson,\u201d \u201cthousands of protesters,\u201d &nbsp;and the \u201cfreedom fighters\u201d associated with the 2014 uprisings. He vowed to \u201chold Black Lives Matter accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask that Black Lives Matter leadership fund $20 million for Ferguson organizers, organizations, and community foundations to do the work,\u201d Russell said in the video. \u201cWe\u2019re not begging for a handout. We\u2019re coming for what we deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The video was inspired by a recent exclusive <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/black-lives-matter-90-million-finances-8a80cad199f54c0c4b9e74283d27366f\">report<\/a> by the Associated Press revealing Black Lives Matter\u2019s fundraising success.<\/p>\n<p>An IBFA press release said the article \u201cwas jaw dropping to the father of slain teen Michael Brown, Jr. who was killed by Ferguson officer Darren Wilson in 2014.\u201d The release goes on to note, \u201chis son\u2019s death and the unrest that followed brought global attention to the police brutality issue that has plagued the US for over a century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the IBFA, Brown Sr. \u201cwas left with more questions than answers about the group\u2019s funding,\u201d such as: \u201cWhere is all that money going?\u201d \u201cWho are they giving it to and what are they doing with it?\u201d&nbsp; And \u201cWhy hasn\u2019t my family\u2019s foundation received any assistance from the movement.\u201d \u201cHow could you leave the families who are helping the community without any funding?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackLivesMatter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackLivesMatter<\/a> movement is under attack by capitalists, homophobic patriarchs, white supremacists &amp; sadly, by reactionary Black folk.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why I lift up expansive Black leaders like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OsopePatrisse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OsopePatrisse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aliciagarza?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aliciagarza<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaranaBurke?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TaranaBurke<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adriennemaree?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@adriennemaree<\/a> &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, kindred. \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 malkia devich-cyril (@culturejedi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/culturejedi\/status\/1368269165585264644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More from the IBFA press release:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Many in the so-called Black Lives Matter movement are asking the same questions but coming to quicker and much more demoralizing answers. When Ferguson activists and organizers began to talk locally, they soon found out that none of them had received anything either.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>They believe the momentum from the 2014 unrest and the subsequent protest that local activists organized for several months after were the catalyst for the group being propelled into the position to receive the 90 million. Now they demand funding from the group to the tune of 20 million in order to continue the work they started.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Russell alleged in the video that Black Lives Matter had not taken care of the families of some Ferguson activists who had \u201cliterally given their lives to the struggle,\u201d including two men connected to the protests who later died of apparent suicides and another found dead inside a torched car, his body riddled with bullets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrother Ali, Joshua Williams, and many other political prisoners from the Ferguson movement are incarcerated, or have been, and still have received no assistance from Black Lives Matter,\u201d Russell went on to claim.<\/p>\n<p>Olajuwon Ali Davis (a.k.a. Brother Ali) was sentenced to 7 years in prison in 2015 on charges that included planning and conspiring to ignite explosives during the unrest. The Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edmo\/pr\/two-local-men-sentenced-federal-explosives-and-weapons-charges\">described<\/a> him as a member of the New Black Panther Party.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Williams, another well-known Ferguson activist, is serving an eight-year sentence for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/ferguson-protester-who-set-fire-at-berkeley-quiktrip-sentenced-to-8-years-in-prison\/article_aaed574c-3fb2-5f61-b599-7feef5a84c0f.html\">setting<\/a> a convenience store afire after protesting another police killing in 2014 in nearby Berkeley. He was 19 years old at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The IBFA said if the BLM Global Network meets its demand, the Ferguson activists would utilize the $20 million \u201cfor multiple years to re-establish community efforts,\u201d \u201cprovide mutual aid and programs for the Black community,\u201d and \u201cestablish a community center in honor of Mike Brown Jr.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe center will be a hub for where activism and community empowerment merge for the greater food of the St. Louis area,\u201d an IBFA statement says. \u201cMoney will be given to families affected by police brutality like slain activist Darren Seals and Josh Williams who is currently incarcerated on what they believe are trumped up charges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russell elaborated in the video, adding that the money would also be used for \u201cannual commemoration around Mike Brown Jr.\u2019s life, mutual aid programs\u201d and \u201cBlack Panther-style programs and services to meet the needs of the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cullors will be featured on the next episode of ABC\u2019s new \u201cSoul of a Nation\u201d on Tuesday night. The new series <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SoulofaNation\/status\/1368607382910218240\">describes<\/a> itself as \u201ca show by Black people, for all people, about the Black experience in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/black-liberal-activist-group-demands-20-million-cut-from-blms-90-million-windfall\">Black Liberal Activist Group Demands $20 Million Cut From BLM\u2019s $90 Million Windfall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/black-lives-matter-foundation-raked-in-more-than-90-million-last-year-report\">Black Lives Matter Foundation Raked In More Than $90 Million Last Year: Report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trained-marxist-blm-co-founder-releases-youtube-video-to-set-the-record-straight\">\u2018Trained Marxist\u2019 BLM Co-Founder Released YouTube Video \u2018To Set The Record Straight\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/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<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation\u2019s executive director has accused some of her critics in the black community of amplifying \u201cright-wing propaganda.\u201d Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of the BLM &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310330,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BLM.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Black Lives Matter Leader Says Some Black Critics \u2018Lifted Up Right-Wing Propaganda About BLM\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/BLM.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Black Lives Matter Leader Says Some Black Critics \u2018Lifted Up Right-Wing Propaganda About BLM\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202058","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=202058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}