Black Live Matter
BLM Founder Patrisse Cullors Responds To Misuse of Funds Claims
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nick Agro / Getty Black Lives Matter founder Patrisse Cullors is speaking out and denying accusations that she used donation money for personal gain. The response comes after leaders of the movement faced backlash as a result of a scathing article published by New York Magazine accusing the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation’s leaders of using donations from supporters to purchase a whopping $6 million house in southern California back in 2020. Related Stories The article accused BLM figureheads Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Melina Abdullah of buying the 6,500 square foot home that reportedly consists of “more than half a dozen bedrooms and bathrooms, several fireplaces, a soundstage, a pool and bungalow” in addition to “parking for m...
Barack Obama Clarifies Defund Police Statement: “That Actually Was Not The Point I Was Making”
Source: – / Getty Former President Barack Obama is setting the record staright regarding his stance on the ideology of defunding the police, after being miquoted during a recent interview. On Tuesday (Dec 16), President O appeared on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and clarified his stance on the matter, stating that the point he was trying to mke was missed by the masses after he was dragged online for seemingly criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement—a takeaway that the former President is calling false. “I have consistently believed that their courage, activism, media-savvy, strategic resolve far exceeds anything I could have done at their age, and I think has shifted the conversation in ways that I would not have even imagined a couple of years ago,” Obama said. In regard...
Gabrielle Union Slams Terry Crews aka Gym Crow For Lack of Support For Black Lives Matter Movement
Source: NBC / Getty Gabrielle Union is done holding her tongue. So when she was asked about former colleague Terry Crews’ recent comments regarding the Black Lives Matter movement, the veteran actress kept it real. According to Deadline, during her recent interview with Jemele Hill for her Spotify podcast Jemele Hill Is Unbothered, Gabrielle Union was asked about Crews and his recent criticisms of the Black Lives Matter movement. While she stopped short or negatively slamming the White Chicks actor, she did point out that his motives for attempting to publicly claim “All lives matter” may come from the fact that NBC supplying his paychecks. “People hit me all day long and are like, what’s happening? And the only thing I know for sure is that Terry Crews gets three checks from NBC. So...
