{"id":2373246,"date":"2024-11-25T13:21:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T18:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-police-activist-sued-for-allegedly-siphoning-75000-to-spend-on-mansions-and-travel-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T13:25:22","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T18:25:22","slug":"anti-police-activist-sued-for-allegedly-siphoning-75000-to-spend-on-mansions-and-travel-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anti-police-activist-sued-for-allegedly-siphoning-75000-to-spend-on-mansions-and-travel-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-police activist sued for allegedly siphoning $75,000 to spend on mansions and travel &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">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%2Fanti-police-activist-sued-for-allegedly-siphoning-75000-to-spend-on-mansions-and-travel-washington-examiner%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=2373246&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--><p>Brandon Anderson, the \u2063founder of Raheem AI, an anti-police brutality\u2062 nonprofit, is facing a lawsuit from the\u200c D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb \u2063for allegedly misappropriating $75,000\u2062 in charitable donations for personal expenses. The \u200clawsuit\u2063 claims Anderson diverted funds to pay for luxury vacations, designer clothing, \u200cand other\u2062 personal costs, including $40,000 on vacation rentals \u2063and \u2063$10,000 on personal travel. Despite\u2064 the organization&#8217;s stated\u2064 mission to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">support community\u200b crisis responders<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-kamala-dodges-questions-on-if-administration-should-be-paying-for-more-police-officers\/\" title=\"WATCH: Kamala Dodges Questions On If Administration Should Be \u2018Paying For More Police Officers\u2019\">hold police accountable<\/a>, it\u2062 failed to \u2064monitor Anderson&#8217;s spending. Schwalb criticized \u2063both Anderson and the Raheem AI board for their financial \u2062misconduct and for not compensating employees adequately. \u2062Established in 2017, Raheem AI has raised over\u2063 $4.3 million to fund initiatives aimed at reducing \u200dpolice involvement in\u2063 nonviolent emergencies.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Anti-police activist sued for allegedly siphoning $75,000 to spend on mansions and travel<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1003133\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Washington, D.C<\/a>., attorney general is suing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/black-lives-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">anti-police <\/a>activist and his nonprofit organization for allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/corruption\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">siphoning<\/a> off $75,000 from his charity for personal use.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Brandon Anderson, founder of Raheem AI, an anti-police brutality charity, has been charged with diverting tens of thousands of dollars in donations from his organization to cover lavish vacations, designer clothes, and mansion rentals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb is suing Anderson, who has made calls to abolish the police, for his alleged theft and the organization, which failed to monitor Anderson&rsquo;s spending habits.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2021, Anderson has spent more than $40,000 on a luxury vacation rental service, $10,000 on hotels and Airbnbs for personal travel, $10,000 on designer clothing brands, and $5,000 on emergency veterinary services.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Brandon Anderson misused charitable donations to fund lavish vacations and shopping sprees, and the Raheem AI Board of Directors let him get away with it,&rdquo; Schwalb said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/oag.dc.gov\/release\/attorney-general-schwalb-sues-nonprofit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">statement<\/a>. &ldquo;Not only did their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antipolice-activist-sued-for-allegedly-siphoning-75000-to-spend-on-mansions-and-travel-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Antipolice activist sued for allegedly siphoning ,000 to spend on mansions and travel - Washington Examiner\">financial abuses violate fundamental principles<\/a> of nonprofit governance, but Anderson and Raheem AI failed to pay their employees the wages they had earned. My office will not allow people to masquerade behind noble causes while violating the law, cheating taxpayers, or stealing from their workers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Anderson founded the charity in 2017 with the intent to &ldquo;equip black, brown, and indigenous community crisis responders with the tools, training, connections, and funding they need to provide care.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Raheem AI sought to hold police more accountable with projects that entailed creating an alternative to 911, such as dispatching aid workers to deal with nonviolent emergencies and building an app in which people can file police complaints.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It has raised more than $4.3 million from left-leaning groups. Anderson told donors he was inspired to create the nonprofit organization after his fiance, Raheem, was killed by authorities in Oklahoma in 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson&rsquo;s organization started to fall apart in 2017 when a former staff member, Jasmine Banks, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/11\/25\/us\/brandon-anderson-raheem-ai.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> the <em>New York Times<\/em> the nonprofit organization had stopped paying her salary, prompting her to comb through its financial records, which uncovered Anderson&rsquo;s lavish spending.<\/p>\n<p>Banks went to the organization&rsquo;s board of supervisors, which was made up of three members, including Anderson, to alert them about the spending. The board told Banks that spending on items such as mansion rentals had been approved as part of work-related travel.<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two other board members besides Anderson later resigned, leaving him in sole control of the organization. <\/p>\n<p>In the fallout, other employees started asking questions about Anderson and the organization&rsquo;s origins. Under further scrutiny, employees found no evidence that Raheem, the organization&rsquo;s namesake, ever existed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1003133\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1003133\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-police activist sued for misusing $75,000 in donations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2373247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Black_Lives_Matter_Riot_4.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14436,10949,16459,4585,32076],"class_list":["post-2373246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-activism","tag-anti-police","tag-embezzlement","tag-lawsuit","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Black_Lives_Matter_Riot_4.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373246","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2373246"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373250,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373246\/revisions\/2373250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2373247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2373246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2373246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2373246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}