Black Lives Matter scandal: ABC, CBS, NBC avoid shocking report of group’s $6 million mansion purchase

The three broadcast networks are turning a blind eye in the direction of a rising scandal plaguing the Black Lives Matter group. 

A surprising report from New York Journal final week revealed that the Black Lives Matter International Community Basis had purchased a 6,500-square-foot mansion in southern California with money in October 2020, following months of the civil unrest sparked by the homicide of George Floyd. 

BLACK LIVES MATTER’S $6 MILLION CALIFORNIA HOUSE DRAWS SCRUTINY

GOP lawmakers have begun calling on the Justice Division to research the politically highly effective nonprofit.

Nevertheless, ABC, CBS and NBC haven’t addressed the brewing controversy on their morning or night newscasts because the story broke final Wednesday, based on Grabien transcripts. 

A girl holds a Black Lives Matter flag throughout an occasion in remembrance of George Floyd and to name for justice for individuals who misplaced family members to the police violence outdoors the Minnesota State Capitol on Might 24, 2021 in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
(Kerem Yucel / AFP)

Black Lives Matter defended its luxurious buy in a prolonged Twitter thread. 

“There have been lots of questions surrounding current reviews in regards to the buy of Creator’s Home in California,” Black Lives Matter’s official Twitter account posted. “Regardless of previous efforts, BLMGNF acknowledges that there’s extra work to do to extend transparency and guarantee transitions in management are clear.”

In subsequent tweets, BLM referred to as a flurry of reviews trying into the group’s funds “inflammatory and speculative” and blamed them for “inflicting hurt.” The reviews “don’t replicate the totality of the motion,” the group claimed.

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The group continued to defend the place a few of their funds have been spent, citing $3 million to COVID aid, $25 million to Black-led organizations, in addition to working to go federal laws towards certified immunity for cops.

The collection of tweets concluded with the group declaring they had been “embracing this second as a chance for accountability, therapeutic, truth-telling, and transparency” and “working deliberately to rebuild belief.” 

Notably, their account turned off replies to the tweets.

Black Lives Matter’s $6 mansion sits behind a gate. 
(Courtesy of Workplace of Congressman Darrell Issa)

In line with the report from New York Journal, the property was referred to internally by BLM management as its “Campus.”

“Our angle — must be to deflate possession of the property,” an inside BLM memo stated, based on the report, after the New York Journal reporter requested them about the home. That suggestion was one in all a number of responses floated, with others together with, “Can we kill the story?”

The identical memo reportedly included bullet factors about Campus, similar to how it’s utilized by the “cultural arm” of BLM, and could possibly be used as an “influencer home” the place artists can create content material, and as a “safehouse.” The memo additionally reportedly acknowledged “[h]oles” in what it referred to as the “safety story,” as the home can be used for publicly obtainable YouTube movies.

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Two days after the reporter reached out to BLMGNF, board member Shalomyah Bowers emailed an announcement claiming that BLMGNF bought the property “with the intention for it to function housing and studio area for recipients of the Black Pleasure Creators Fellowship,” a program that was reportedly introduced the following day as offering “recording sources and devoted area for Black creatives to launch content material on-line and in actual life centered on abolition, therapeutic justice, city agriculture and meals justice, popular culture, activism, and politics.”

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors beneath fireplace for utilizing donations to buy $6 million greenback mansion
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This isn’t the primary time BLM has drawn scrutiny over its funds. In April 2021, the co-founder of the political motion, Patrisse Cullors drew consideration for buying 4 properties for $3.2 million, based on a report by The New York Publish. Critics famous Cullors beforehand described herself as a “educated Marxist.” 

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A month later, Cullors stated she would step down from her position as govt director of the Black Lives Matter International Community Basis. 

Days after this newest story, Cullors wrote an Instagram put up denouncing the story as a racist and sexist assault on the group.

Fox Information’ Ronn Blitzer and Kristine Parks contributed to this report.