Black Lives Matter issues demands of Biden administration: ‘Abandon police, prisons, and punishment paradigms’

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Former police chief: Black Lives Matter founder quite literally wants to “abolish” the criminal justice system

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The following contains editorial content written by a retired Chief of Police and current staff writer for Law Enforcement Today.

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One of the co-founders of Black Lives Matter, who has managed to parlay her involvement in that organization into multi-millions of dollars in real estate as the organization shook down businesses and others for donations after the death of George Floyd has repeated her calls to “abolish” the criminal justice system, Breitbart is reporting. 

Patrisse Cullors, who herself won’t live in dangerous neighborhoods and instead opts for overwhelmingly white neighborhoods within her vast real estate portfolio, made the comments in a video posted to Instagram this week. 

The post came after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted for his part in Floyd’s death, and after a Columbus, Ohio police officer killed a black teen who was trying to stab another black teen to death in that city.

Cullors, who is clearly either blind or dumb (we’ll opt for the latter) posted the video on Instagram and aside from celebrating the conviction of Chauvin, she also made one of the most tone deaf, brain dead comments she’s ever made…and there is some stiff competition.

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
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“While we watched Derek Chauvin be convicted for murder, a Black child named Ma’Khia Bryant was murdered [emphasis added] by police, proving there is no justice.”

“Murdered by police?”

The officer was put in an untenable situation of making a split-second decision as he pulled up to a hectic scene, and where he witnessed Bryant, butcher knife in hand, ready to plunge it into another black teen, also a female. What exactly does Cullors think the officer should have done?

We can tell you that no matter what this officer did, it was an absolute no-win situation. Had he hesitated or done nothing, and Bryant stabbed the other girl to death, this officer would have been accused of being a “racist” for not “protecting a black life.” Yet Cullors, with her vast amount of law enforcement experience…oh that’s right. She has NONE!

Cullors continued her unhinged rant.

“We must fight for abolition because in an abolitionist world, we would still have George Floyd and Ma’Khia Bryant,” she wrote.

Yes Cullors, Bryant would still be here. But the other young teen likely wouldn’t be. But that doesn’t matter because it doesn’t fit the narrative. And perhaps George Floyd would still be here, that is if he didn’t die of a fentanyl and meth-induced overdose, or perhaps a heart attack.

Cullors continued that activists must “fight for more” and “get us closer to a place where there are no jails or prisons or surveillance in the U.S.

She continued:

“For an abolitionist the question is always is a guilty verdict for a cop an actually abolitionist act? Is this something we should be celebrating?

“A guilty cop was convicted of all the charges, was convicted of murder. We don’t see that often. We rarely see this,” she said.

Continuing, she said, “It’s not a sign that our criminal justice system is working it’s actually a sign that it’s broken, it’s a sign that it’s never worked for us and that we have to move toward abolition.”

The funny thing is, not a word was heard from Cullors or any other black lives activist for that matter, last week when a little girl in Chicago, only 7-years-old was gunned down by a thug in Chicago who was trying to carjack the car she was in. There were in the neighborhood of over 40 shots that rang out.

In fact we would venture to guess that if Officer Nicholas Reardon hadn’t arrived when he did and Bryant completed her act, this would just be another day in another Democrat-run city where violent crime is out of control and another black life was lost. In other words, nobody, including Cullors would have given a crap.

Cullors went on to say that people of color should “imagine a world where black people are thriving and are focused on the lives of black people rather than their deaths.”

Thriving? Looks like Cullors is thriving pretty darn good. Owning four homes worth around $3 million dollars is pretty good for someone who doesn’t have a real job, other than being a race hustler. Cullors however dismisses criticism, claiming the homes are for her “extended family.”

Funny how none of the homes are in South Central Los Angeles, or parts of Chicago or in the Bronx in New York. Cullors is all about eliminating the police in areas where she doesn’t live. In most circles that’s called hypocrisy. And Cullors is one of the leading hypocrites.

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It turns out the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation made upwards of $20,000 a month while she served as the chairwoman of a Los Angeles based jail reform group back in 2019, according to campaign finance records.

This happens to be the same individual that has come under a bit of scrutiny for the recent acquisition of a $1.4 million home purchased in Los Angeles back in March.

Patrisse Cullors has managed to acquire quite the large sum of money through her efforts that have essentially been enabled via co-founding the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation.

Records show that Cullors managed to rake in upwards of $20,000 a month while serving as the chairwoman of the group known as Reform LA Jails back in 2019. This sum of money was acquired through Cullors’ consulting firm, known as Janaya and Patrisse Consulting.

This jail reform group had apparently issued a payment of $51,000 that apparently compensated efforts employed between January and June of 2019. Four additional payments that wound up totaling $60,000 came in between July and September of 2019.

Reform LA Jails reportedly made additional payments to the tune of $20,000 and $60,000 to Cullors’ firm between October and December of 2019.

It’s safe to say that Cullors has managed to make a lucrative, monetary-based nest egg out of her work associated with the BLM Global Network Foundation.

However, it seems as though Cullors’ consulting firm that served as a vehicle to earn that money from Reform LA Jails has had its website taken down – presumably at Cullors’ direction amid her real estate purchases that have stirred criticism.

There is an old adage that goes along the lines of “fate loves irony,” and there is a rich amount of irony associated with a self-described “Marxist” getting outed as someone that has managed to flourish in capitalistic efforts.

To be fair, BLM Global Network released a public statement pointing out that Cullors has only earned a total of $120,000 from the organization since 2013:

“Patrisse has received a total of $120,000 since the organization’s inception in 2013, for duties such as serving as spokesperson and engaging in political education work.

“To be abundantly clear, as a registered 501c3, [Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation] cannot and did not commit any organizational resources toward the purchase of personal property by any employee or volunteer. Any insinuation or assertion to the contrary is categorically false.”

When it boils down to it, it seems to be the case in that Cullors didn’t necessarily get her money directly from the BLM Global Network Foundation – but the association with being one of the co-founders has served as being a great way to line her pockets in other endeavors that play off of her role with the BLM Global Network.

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Back in March, the father of Michael Brown Jr. had some serious questions for the BLM Global Network that managed to pull in millions in donations from creating messaging around the death of his son. 

Here’s that previous report. 

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FERGUSON, MO – Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation is being called to the carpet by its national birthplace as activists and the father of Michael Brown Jr. demand $20 million from the group saying they do not know where all the money is going.

The shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson in August 2014 sparked months of rioting and unrest and shot Black Lives Matter into the national spotlight. Now, his father wants to know where the $90 million raised by the group in donations have gone.

Michael Brown Sr. asked the question in a March 2 press release from the International Black Freedom Alliance:

“Where is all that money going? Why hasn’t my family’s foundation received any assistance from the movement?  How could you leave the families who are helping the community without any funding?”

The co-founder of the International Black Freedom Alliance also wanted to know where the money was going, saying financial support from Black Lives Matter had not been seen in Ferguson. Tony Russell said:

“We’re not asking for a handout, but for the funding to keep the movement strong where it began.”

Russell said that Ferguson should receive a portion of the funds from BLMGNF because the city launched the BLM movement. The International Black Freedom Alliance said:

“Momentum from the 2014 unrest and the subsequent protest that local activists organized for several months after were the catalyst for the group being propelled into the position to receive the 90 million.”

The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (BLMGNF), the steward of the Black Lives Matter movement, released an impact report in late February showing the organization raised just over $90 million last year, according to an article by The Associated Press.

The financial release was the first in the nearly eight-year history of the movement.  The group’s earnings capability grew rapidly following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020, and the rapid financial growth has created divisions between the national organization and its grassroots supporters.

In a stark response to Michael Brown Sr. and Tony Russell’s funding demand, BLMGNF said that despite the claims of Ferguson being the birthplace of the group, BLMGNF was not formed until 2015, a year after the Ferguson incident.

BLMGNF also said they never received a formal request for funding from the foundation founded by Brown Sr. 

The Chosen for Change Foundation, founded by Brown Sr., has not responded to media inquiries regarding any previous financial requests made to BLMGNF prior to the public demand this week.

BLMGNF said it has committed $21 million of the funds raised in 2020 to BLM chapters and other black-led groups across the country. The group gave the example of a funding distribution made for $3 million to black people struggling through the pandemic.

BLMGNF said that the organization is in the process of setting up a system to handle the rapid growth it has experienced:

“(We are) building infrastructure to catch up to the speed of its funding and plan to use its endowment to become known for more than protests after Black Americans die at the hands of police or vigilantes.”

Patrisse Cullors, a co-founder of BLMGNF, said the organization is focusing on reinvestment in black communities:

“One of our biggest goals this year is taking the dollars we were able to raise in 2020 and building out the institution we’ve been trying to build for the last seven and a half years.”

In December, ten BLM chapters issued an open letter addressing grievances over BLMGNF’s lack of transparency.  In the letter, the chapters attack the umbrella group over concerns about financial transparency, decision-making by the leaders, and accountability:

“We became chapters of Black Lives Matter as radical black organizers embracing a collective vision for black people engaging in the protracted struggle for our lives against police terrorism. With a willingness to do hard work that would put us at risk…

“We expected that the central organizational entity, most recently referred to as the Black Lives Matter Global Network (BLMGN) Foundation, would support us chapters in our efforts to build communally. Since the establishment of BLMGN, our chapters have consistently raised concerns about financial transparency, decision making, and accountability.”

BLM Oklahoma City lead organizer Sheri Dickerson said people incorrectly assume the funds are going to the grassroots chapters:

“People assume that that money is distributed to local chapters. That is not the case. People also assume that when actions are made, that national [leadership] has the support and agreement from this collective that what they’re saying is representative of us. And that’s certainly not the case.”

The open letter urged people to start donating to the chapters instead of the BLMGNF.

Back in Ferguson, Brown Sr. and Russell say the $20 million they have demanded from BLMGNF would be used to build a community center to honor Michael Brown Jr. and to provide financial support to the families of activists Darren Seals and Josh Williams.

Darren Seals is a BLM protester who was found shot dead in a burning vehicle in 2019. Police say he was shot before he was placed in a car that was set on fire.

Josh Williams is a BLM protester who is incarcerated on charges related to BLM unrest in Ferguson.

On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown Jr., an 18-year-old black man, was fatally shot by 28-year-old Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Wilson claimed that Brown attacked him in his police vehicle and attempted to gain control of his firearm. During the struggle, Wilson shot and killed Brown.

Brown was shot several times during the incident, and a grand jury investigated. The grand jury decided not to indict Wilson. A later federal investigation also cleared Wilson of civil rights violations in the shooting. The federal investigation found that evidence supported Wilson’s version of the shooting.

The U.S. Department of Justice concluded that Wilson shot Brown in self-defense.

In 2020, a St. Louis prosecutor, Welsey Bell, spent five months reviewing the case and trying to charge Wilson with either manslaughter or murder. In July, Bell announced that no charges were warranted.

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Joseph Patrick is a retired police officer and a long-time law enforcement professional who is passionate about law enforcement and politics.

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