{"id":451518,"date":"2022-05-23T17:07:38","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T14:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/blm-donated-200k-to-group-whose-director-thinks-cops-are-pigs\/"},"modified":"2022-05-23T17:07:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T14:07:38","slug":"blm-donated-200k-to-group-whose-director-thinks-cops-are-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/blm-donated-200k-to-group-whose-director-thinks-cops-are-pigs\/","title":{"rendered":"#BLM donated $200K to group whose director thinks cops are &#8216;pigs&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25dafee859f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a25dafee859f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/blm-donated-200k-to-group-whose-director-thinks-cops-are-pigs\/#%E2%80%9CBLM_donated_200K_to_group_whose_director_thinks_cops_are_%E2%80%98pigs%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;BLM donated $200K to group whose director thinks cops are &#8216;pigs&#8217;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1>&#8220;BLM donated $200K to group whose director thinks cops are &#8216;pigs'&#8221;<\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Black Lives Matter donated $200,000 to a Chicago-based advocacy group \u201cfounded by and for post-incarcerated people\u201d whose executive director has called for police to be defunded, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>The group, Equality and Transformation, was established in 2018 with an aim to \u201cuplift the voices and power\u201d of black Chicagoans and to build \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> and economic equity\u201d for workers while \u201cdismantling anti-Black\u201d racism, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eatchicago.org\/about-us\">according to its website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s founder and executive director, Richard Wallace, has persistently attacked police officers \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichWallaceEAT\/status\/578741291086979072\">calling them \u201cpigs\u201d on Twitter<\/a>, claiming it\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichWallaceEAT\/status\/1319365882834014210\">\u201ctime to defund these bastards\u201d<\/a> and noting his <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roval of a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/epic2914\/posts\/10219838244699868\">poll that found 54% of Americans thought it was justified to burn down Minneapolis<\/a> in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s death, Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> reported Monday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-31.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Patrisse Cullors\" class=\"wp-image-22373111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-31.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-31.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-31.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Amy Harris\/Invision\/AP, File<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cF-ck the Police!\u201d Wallace <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichWallaceEAT\/status\/587623516545093632\">tweeted<\/a> in 2015. \u201c#justsayingthanks\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently released tax forms cited by Fox News show Wallace\u2019s group got a \u201ccash grant\u201d from the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation in fiscal year 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The nonprofit group has regularly organized protests against police officers and wants reparations for black Americans who allegedly have been denied wealth-building opportunities, according to the report.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-34.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors\" class=\"wp-image-22373123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-34.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-34.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-34.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors praised Assata Shakur on social media, including calling her a hero in 2013.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fox News <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/black-americans-paid-enormous-price-for-defund-the-police-movement\">reported in April <\/a>that black Americans were disproportionately impacted by the number of murders in 2020 at the height of the \u201cdefund the police\u201d movement \u2013 with the number of deaths spiking by more than 32% that year compared to 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Equity and Transformation\u2019s social media pages frequently link to a coalition of more than 50 liberal groups, Movement for Black Lives, which includes Black Lives Matter, Fox News reported Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition\u2019s defund the police movement saw it call on supporters last summer to \u201ccommemorate the lives of our fallen freedom fighters and political prisoners, prisoners of war and exiles,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-35.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors\" class=\"wp-image-22373138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-35.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-35.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-35.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Patrisse Cullors resigned as executive director of the organization last year amid criticism over her lavish lifestyle.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The push included a text message asking backers to sign clemency petitions for Mutulu Shakur, a former Black Liberation Army leader who was the mastermind of several armed robberies in Connecticut and New York. Shakur was sentenced to 60 years in prison after being convicted in 1988.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Movement for Black Lives has also called for the release of Sundiata Acoli, a former Black Liberation Army member sentenced to life in prison in 1974 for murdering New Jersey state trooper Werner Foerster. Acoli, who now has dementia, was granted parole earlier this month at the age of 85.<\/p>\n<p>The coalition has also voiced its support for Assata Shakur, the former Black Panther who fled prison in 1979 while serving life for the execution-style murder of Foerster during a 1973 traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike. The FBI believes Shakur has fled to Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace and Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Cullors, meanwhile, have praised Shakur on social media, including calling her a hero in 2013, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssata Becomes First woman on FBI most wanted list and Malcolm Shabazz is found dead,\u201d Wallace tweeted. \u201cThey want to silent [sic] our Heroes!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a since-deleted 2016 Facebook post, Cullors hailed Shakur, Fox News reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-36.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors\" class=\"wp-image-22373149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-36.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-36.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-36.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Patrisse Cullors said she was weeks removed from being in \u201csurvival mode\u201d after The Post\u2019s exclusive reporting revealed her purchase of four high-end homes for $3.2 million.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAssata Shakur we love you,\u201d Cullors wrote. \u201cFight for you and because of you. On this day and everyday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s report comes after The Post reported last week that Cullors used charity funds to pay her brother and child\u2019s father $840,000 and almost $970,000 respectively for various services.<\/p>\n<p>BLM wrapped up the fiscal year running from July 2020 to June 2021 with some $42 million in assets, according to tax documents seen by The Post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-94.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Brothers of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors.&#10;\" class=\"wp-image-22373162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-94.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-94.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/Patrisse-Cullors-94.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Post reported last week that Patrisse Cullors used charity funds to pay her brother and child\u2019s father $840,000 and almost $970,000 respectively for various services.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram \/ Patrisse Cullors<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After multiple controversies, Cullors resigned as executive director of the organization last year amid criticism over her lavish lifestyle.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>The tax filing\u2019s release follows controversy over the purchase of a $6 million property in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>BLM faced additional criticism in April when it publicly emerged that the organization bought the swanky Southern California home using donated cash.<\/p>\n<p>Cullors at the time said she was weeks removed from being in \u201csurvival mode\u201d after The Post\u2019s exclusive reporting revealed her purchase of four high-end homes for $3.2 million.<\/p>\n<p>Wallace declined to respond to the report when contacted Monday, telling The Post: \u201cNo comment right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A message seeking comment from Black Lives Matter was not immediately returned Monday.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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