The brother of George Floyd has choked back tears after former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of all three charges in a trial dubbed as an historic moment for America.
Chauvin, 45, was convicted on charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter over Floyd s death on May 25, 2020.
LIVE UPDATES:
Chauvin was handcuffed and taken into custody by the Hennepin County Sheriff s Office.(Nine)
In an emotional statement, younger brother Philonise Floyd responded to the guilty verdict, saying his family could finally breathe again . It was a motion picture, the world had seen his life being extinguished, and I could do nothing but watch, especially in that courtroom over and over and over again as my brother was murdered, he said.
Facebook users have been blocked from sharing the New York Post article about the real estate purchases of Black Lives Matter (BLM) co-founder
Patrisse Cullors.
We previously reported, Cullors is catching heat for dropping $3 million on several posh homes in the U.S. Activist
Hawk Newsome is calling for an “independent” financial investigation in Cullors to determine how/if she is paid by the organization and how much she contributes to charity.
Newsome told the New York Post: “If you go around calling yourself a socialist, you have to ask how much of her own personal money is going to charitable causes.
Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor Families Ask Black Lives Matter Where Money Went
19 Apr 2021
The families of Michael Brown and Breonna Taylor two of the iconic victims in the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement are questioning the funding of the movement, with Taylor’s family calling the Louisville, Kentucky BLM branch a “fraud.”
Earlier this month, when the
New York Post reported Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors had bought four homes since 2016, New York City area Black Lives Matter leader Hawk Newsome called for “an independent investigation.”
Those concerns are now being amplified by other figures within the movement, after Khan-Cullors defended her real estate purchases last week as part of her effort to support her family, and claimed her wealth was not due to the organization itself.
Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz has poured over $5 million into a network of nonprofits run by Black Lives Matter leader Patrisse Cullors, according to financial disclosure records, raising questions about whether this relationship played a role in the company’s decision to censor unflattering news articles about the activist last week.
The social media giant blocked its users from posting links to a
New York Post story that revealed Cullors, a self-described Marxist, spent $3.2 million on high-end real estate as her Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation raked in millions in donations.
Facebook said the reporting violated its “privacy and personal information policy.” The
Print this article
Black Lives Matter ignores victims of systemic racism and enriches a select few, so say the families of those killed by the police and many of the group s own activists.
Founded in 2013 following the acquittal of George Zimmerman for his role in Trayvon Martin s death, the group has held protests around the country against perceived systemic racism against minorities. Black Lives Matter has sparked global conversations on race and policing and is credited with a number of criminal justice reform efforts.
But on Thursday, the mother of Breonna Taylor, a black woman killed by police during a raid in March 2020, charged that the movement in her city of Louisville, Kentucky, is nothing more than a scam.