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  Shalomyah Bowers, the leader of Black Lives Matter Global Network(GNF), is reportedly being sued by Black Lives Matter grassroots. The claim, Bowers allegedly stole $10 million from the organization. The announcement was made by BLM Los Angeles Co-founder Melina Abdullah, who claimed Bowers has" used BLM as his "personal piggy bank" and has "betrayed the public trust by self-dealing and breaching his fiduciary duties." “While BLM leaders and movement workers were on the street risking their lives, Mr. Bowers remained in his cushy offices devising a scheme of fraud and misrepresentation to break the implied-in-fact contract between donors and BLM,” the lawsuit said. In addition to accusing Bowers of stealing money from the organization, it is also reported that Bowers is responsible for running well-respected advocates out of BLM. Bowers responded to the suit with a blistering statement. “They [Black Lives Matter Grassroots] would rather take ...

  BLM has made a lot of noise since 2015. You may remember the riots in Ferguson, Missouri. If you don't, then you for sure have to remember the riots of 2020, which the media labeled as mostly peaceful protests. After all of the burning and looting and the screaming for justice, George Floyd, what hardly anybody ever heard was precisely where the donations were going. Of course not, because people were too busy being angry and wanted to get Trump out of the White House. In the fallout, BLM leaders managed to escape with minimal scrutiny over the handling of funds. Amazingly, the organization continued to get donations even after BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors was exposed for going on a home-buying shopping spree. Although she dismissed the negative press as right-wing attempts to discredit her, in May of 2021, Cullors resigned from the  Black Lives Matter Global Network. According to the BBC, Cullors planned to leave months in advance to focus on a new book deal. ...