If it surprises you that Black Lives Matter turned out to be a scam organization, I don't know what to tell you.

in black •  last year 

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Actually, I do. I can say that I told you so, and I have been for years.

If you or I, as individuals, get a huge payday, we don't have any obligation to tell people how we spent it. Even if we choose to, and it's something frivolous, it's not something that should concern anyone.

If a corporation has a great quarter, and people ask what they're using it to do, they're allowed to keep a few things close to the chest in regard to the public records; but, the shareholders have every right to dig into the books, and be pissed if every dime that the company made went to the CEO's second cousin.

Non-profits are supposed to be transparent - that's the trade for not having to pay taxes.

I've been asking people for the last three years, including people I know donated to BLM, what exactly the money is going to. Crickets from everybody.

Not a dime to legal fees for a black person in the system. Not a dime to appeal a conviction of a black man. Not even a statement released about Anthony Broadwater, a black man who spent forty years on the sex offender registry for a rape that he didn't commit. Not so much as a paragraph written in response to the evidence that Ledell Lee, a black man, who was executed for a murder that he likely didn't commit. They managed to release a statement defending Jussie Smollett, and reiterating their commitment to abolish the police -- that totally cost the $90 million that they've brought in since George Floyd, right?

What did the doners think that they were donating for?

I mean, I used to give money to the ACLU; but, I started asking questions about their philosophical changes in regard to free speech, and cut off my monthly contributions when they gave me way wrong answers.

What did you think BLM was using the $90 million to accomplish? Did you think that they were building housing for black people who are struggling? Nope. They were buying multi-million dollar mansions for themselves. Have they spent a dollar to support black business? Well, kinda, they spent $1.6 million dollars to hire a black man to provide security for their mansions -- oh, but the black man is a brother of the founder and he has no experience in security services.

If you're donating your money to a non-profit, your first question should be, "What are you doing with my money?" For three years, nobody who donated to BLM could answer that question in any direct way, at least when it comes to anything beyond rhetoric.

Timothy Mucciante had done more for black lives just using the money in his own pocket than BLM has done with $90 million in three years.

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