Black Live Matters Founder Speaks Out Following Allegations of Spending $6Million Of Funds
Black Lives Matters Founder Patrisse Cullors is speaking out after being hit with some unflattering allegations. Earlier today, we shared a report from New York Magazine accusing the activist organization of using donation money to buy a six-million-dollar mansion.
“The reason it wasn’t announced prior is not nefarious as the headline infers, the property needed repairs and renovation,” the activist continued. “I do not own the property, have never lived there and made that clear to the reporter.”
Cullors clarified that she will “always see [herself] as a part of the BLM community,” but she is no longer affiliated with the decision-making process of the foundation.
“I have never misappropriated funds, and it pains me that so many people have accepted that narrative without the presence of tangible truth or facts,” her explanation read before she went on to apologize to those in her community that “have to consistently engage with this kind of hateful and erroneous content.”
“I admittedly have not always responded and I know my silence has contributed to doubt,” Cullors’ wrote in her Notes app. “I apologize if it has caused you harm of any kind. But I’m asking you all to understand the enormous pressure and fear that comes with living under the constant threat of a white supremacist terror and real threats on my life and those of people I love.”
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