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Is the BLM Scam Coming to an End?

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The corrupt saga of Black Lives Matter continues this week after it was revealed the organization used donated funds to purchase a $6 million mansion in Los Angeles. 

"The sprawling $6 million mansion bought by Black Lives Matter in Los Angeles once hosted Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe as house guests — and comes complete with a sound stage, music studio, pool and a two-bedroom guest house," the New York Post reveals. "The 7,400-square-foot Studio City compound is a 1930s' farm house' that also boasts seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms, according to the real estate listing." 

At least this time, the mansion was purchased for the organization, a break from the real estate habits of co-founder Patrisse Cullors, who has been snapping up multi-million dollar personal homes in Los Angeles and Atlanta in recent years. Cullors insists the money used for her mini-real estate empire wasn't from donations made to BLM, but she resigned last year amidst the controversy. 

Since 2015, Black Lives Matter has been extorting politicians, governments and private businesses, but their real heist came during the summer of 2020. 

Afraid of being called racist or accused of favoring the murder of unarmed black men, corporations were bullied into donating billions of dollars to Black Lives Matter. They issued statements on social media and through their official channels promising to "effect change" and dedicate resources to helping disenfranchised communities. Corporations touted donations to Black Lives Matter, and executives repeatedly praised the so-called work the organization was doing. The Democratic National Committee even inserted the organization's ideas and Marxist ideology into their party platform ahead of President Joe Biden's election. 

But the facts surrounding BLM tell a different story about the organization's purpose, and it's become even more clear the national group is corrupt and a scam. 

"Several local chapters of Black Lives Matter are taking aim at the movement's national body, calling for increased organizational accountability and financial support for local BLM operations," Fox 45 Baltimore reported in December 2020. "In a public letter, local BLM chapters from across the country accused the national BLM organization, known as the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation or BLMGN, of creating a political action committee (PAC) and grassroots division without informing local chapters. The letter claims the grassroots division was created to fiscally separate the chapters from BLMGN. The local chapters also allege BLMGN has offered 'little to no financial support' to the local chapters since the foundation's inception in 2013, even as BLMGN has seen a swell in donations this year. Several major corporations, such as Amazon and Airbnb, have made significant grants to BLMGN since the death of George Floyd."

The details are so damning that a number of Democratic Attorneys General have threatened legal action against national organizers. 

"The organization BLACK LIVES MATTER GLOBAL NETWORK FOUNDATION, INC. is delinquent with The Registry of Charitable Trusts for failing to submit required annual report(s)," California Attorney General Rob Bonta released in a February 2022 letter. "An organization that is delinquent, suspended or revoked is not in good standing and is prohibited from engaging in conduct for which registration is required, including soliciting or disbursing charitable funds." 

In February, Amazon finally removed BLM from its charity platform. 

"This week, Amazon has suspended the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation from its charity platform. The company cites that the reason for the decision was the foundation's failure to disclose how over $50 million in donations received after the racial injustice protests in 2020 have been spent," BET reported. "The platform, AmazonSmile, was designed to make purchases, with a portion of the sales going toward different charities." 

It's taken most people years to see BLM isn't about saving black lives. Much like the Marxists they look up to and emulate, it's an organization dedicated to destroying America from the inside out and is led by activists interested in enriching themselves.