{"id":460217,"date":"2021-04-27T18:05:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-27T22:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=460217"},"modified":"2021-04-27T18:05:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T22:05:51","slug":"records-show-blm-co-founder-patrisse-cullors-jail-reform-campaign-gave-60k-to-her-consultancy-thousands-more-for-friends-and-luxury-malibu-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/records-show-blm-co-founder-patrisse-cullors-jail-reform-campaign-gave-60k-to-her-consultancy-thousands-more-for-friends-and-luxury-malibu-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"Records Show BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors\u2019 Jail Reform Campaign Gave $60k To Her Consultancy, Thousands More For Friends And Luxury Malibu Resort"},"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\">44<\/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%2Frecords-show-blm-co-founder-patrisse-cullors-jail-reform-campaign-gave-60k-to-her-consultancy-thousands-more-for-friends-and-luxury-malibu-resort%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=460217&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\/04\/fb_image-1133.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>According to campaign finance records, a Los Angeles-based jail reform group named \u201cReform LA Jails\u201d founded and led by Patrisse Cullors \u2014 a co-founder of Black Lives Matter \u2014 made payments to multiple figures and organizations linked with Cullors herself \u2014 including her own consulting firm, as well as a luxury resort in Malibu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cJanaya &#038; Patrisse Consulting,\u201d a business Patrisse Cullors owns, received $60,000, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Reform-LA-Jails-July-2019.pdf\"><span>records<\/span><\/a><span>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The committee name, according to the submitted records for the statement dates of July 1 to September 30, 2019, is \u201cReform LA Jails, A Committee Supporting Jail Reform and Community Reinvestment, Sponsored by Justice Team Network, A Project of Tides Advocacy.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In total, the committee listed $903,003.26 in contributions received, $381,822.09 in expenditures, and outstanding debts of $49,540.13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Of these expenditures, $44,313.74 went to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowersconsulting.com\/about\">Bowers Consulting Firm<\/a>,\u201d whose founder and president, Shalomyah Bowers, appears to be a <a href=\"http:\/\/dignityandpowernow.org\/about-us\/\">board member<\/a> on Cullors\u2019 consultancy, \u201cDignity &#038; Power NOW.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>According to campaign finance records, \u201cReform LA Jails\u201d also spent nearly $26,000 on \u201cmeetings\u201d at a luxury resort in Malibu in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe payments were made on behalf of Reform LA Jails by a consulting firm owned by the co-author of Cullors\u2019 2018 biography, Asha Bandele, campaign finance records show,\u201d reported the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/26\/reform-la-jails-malibu-beach-resort\/\"><span>Daily Caller<\/span><\/a><span>, according to the records.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Reform LA Jails spent $10,179 on \u201cmeetings and appearances\u201d at the Calamigos Guest Ranch and Beach Club in Malibu, California. $15,593 was spent at the Malibu Conference Center, a \u201ccorporate conference facility\u201d owned by the Calamigos resort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cGuests at the 200-acre resort, where rooms start at $600 a night, have exclusive access to a private five-acre strip of the Malibu coast,\u201d noted the Daily Caller.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to the records, the payments were made on behalf of Reform LA Jails by a consulting firm owned by Asha Bandele. Bandele is reportedly a \u201clongtime mentor\u201d of Cullors, as well as co-author of her 2018 biography, \u201cWhen They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The records show that \u201cCarol Bullard, Asha Bandele Inc.\u201d also received $74,664.67 from Reform LA Jails. It\u2019s unclear whether part of this was reimbursement for the \u201cmeetings and appearances\u201d payments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Patrisse Cullors sparked a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/marxist-blm-co-founder-rejects-accusations-of-real-estate-buying-binge-hypocrisy-saying-i-have-a-child\"><span>backlash<\/span><\/a><span> earlier in April \u201c<\/span><span>After reportedly going on a \u201creal-estate buying binge,\u201d purchasing \u201cfour homes with a price tag totaling upwards of $3 million.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cullors first <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/06\/25\/blm-co-founder-describes-herself-as-trained-marxist\/\"><span>described<\/span><\/a><span> herself as a \u201ctrained Marxist\u201d in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe are trained Marxists. We are super-versed on, sort of, ideological theories. And I think that what we really tried to do is build a movement that could be utilized by many, many black folk,\u201d Cullors told Jared Ball of The Real News Network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When Marc Lamont Hill questioned Cullors\u2019 apparent hypocrisy, the BLM co-founder responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, for so many black folks who are able to invest in themselves and their community, they choose to invest in their family, and that\u2019s what I have chosen to do. I have a child, I have a brother that has severe mental illness who I take care of, I support my mother, and I support many other family members of mine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i>@ighaworth<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>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\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to campaign finance records, a Los Angeles-based jail reform group named \u201cReform LA Jails\u201d founded and led by Patrisse Cullors \u2014 a co-founder of Black Lives Matter \u2014 made &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276866,"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\/04\/fb_image-1133.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Records Show BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors\u2019 Jail Reform Campaign Gave $60k To Her Consultancy, Thousands More For Friends And Luxury Malibu Resort","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-460217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1133.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Records Show BLM Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors\u2019 Jail Reform Campaign Gave $60k To Her Consultancy, Thousands More For Friends And Luxury Malibu Resort","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460217","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=460217"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/460217\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=460217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=460217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=460217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}