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BLM apologizes for the ‘stress’ caused by ‘inflammatory’ reports about its shady use of donations to buy $6m California ‘safe house’ for leaders: Vows more ‘transparency, healing and truth-telling’

  • Black Lives Matter has apologized following an expose that detailed how the organization had used donations to purchase a $6 million home in Los Angeles 
  • In a lengthy Twitter thread, the group vowed to be more transparent in the future
  • But the organization also criticized the original New Yorker article, describing it as ‘inflammatory and speculative’
  • BLM claims the mansion was purchased to encourage ‘Black creativity’ and used as a ‘space for Black folks to share their gifts with the world and hone their crafts’
  • The groups co-founder, Patrisse Cullors, who resigned last year amid scrutiny of her $3.2 million real estate empire, called reports of the mansion ‘despicable’ 
  • Cullors lashed out a day after article was published saying the house purchase hadn’t been announced earlier because ‘it needed repairs and renovation’ 

Harriet Alexander and James Gordon – Daily Mail.com April 13, 2022

Black Lives Matter issued a thinly-veiled apology on Monday night over the left-wing groups purchase of a multi-million dollar mansion that was paid for with donations raised from loyal supporters.

The purchase was fully exposed last week in an article by New York Magazine.

The property was bought for almost $6million in cash in October 2020 with funds that had been donated to BLMGNF (Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation).

On Monday night, the organization finally responded to the reports in a lengthy Twitter feed with the group noting that more ‘transparency’ was required going forward.

BLM attempted to justify the purchase of the mansion by saying it was made to encourage ‘Black creativity’ with the property ‘a space for Black folks to share their gifts with the world and hone their crafts as we see it.’

The organization also went on to defend how the funds the group raised were spent including the $3 million used for ‘COVID relief’ and a further $25 million dollars to black-led organizations.

‘We are embracing this moment as an opportunity for accountability, healing, truth-telling, and transparency. We understand the necessity of working intentionally to rebuild trust so we can continue forging a new path that sustains Black people for generations,’ the group wrote.

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The BLM mansion features six bedrooms and a pool at the back. BLM leaders said the property was bought to provide a safe haven for black creativity to flourish