{"id":29705,"date":"2020-09-27T18:04:12","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T22:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=29705"},"modified":"2020-09-27T18:04:12","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T22:04:12","slug":"why-does-anyone-donate-to-blm-when-they-steal-the-money-like-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=29705","title":{"rendered":"Why does anyone donate to BLM when they steal the money like this?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta BLM Founder Arrested After Spending $200,000 In Donations On House, Entertainment, & Suits<\/h1>\n

ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n

The founder of a Black Lives Matter group in Atlanta has been charged with misappropriating donations solicited through Facebook on behalf of the social justice cause.<\/p>\n

32 year old\u00a0Sir Maejor Page has been arrested by the FBI on fraud and money laundering charges<\/strong>\u00a0after he used $200,000 in BLM donations on “food, dining, entertainment, clothing, furniture, a home security system, tailored suits\u00a0and accessories,”\u00a0according to\u00a0Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He was arrested in Toledo after the Toledo FBI office opened an investigation last year on a tip they received from a cooperating witness. Page founded Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta in 2016 and had taken in more than $466,000 in total donations in June, July and August alone.<\/p>\n

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FBI agent Matthew Desorbo said\u00a0in the agency’s complaint against Page:\u00a0“In sum, Page\u00a0has spent over $200,000 on personal items generated from\u00a0donations received through BLMGA Facebook page with no identifiable purchase or expenditure for social or racial justice.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Page took in the donations “for George Floyd” according to his Facebook page. Instead the money was diverted to things like a home security system (ironic, given the looting and riots<\/em>), dining and clothing. He also used $112,000 of the money to purchase a house for himself in Toledo, Ohio.<\/p>\n

BLM of Greater Atlanta lost its tax exempt status in 2019 for failing to submit its IRS 990 tax returns. Despite this, Page had become a “familiar face” at BLM marches in Atlanta.\u00a0He was even part of a group that ultimately met with former Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed to demand changes in policing.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

What are you going to tell us next, that throwing a brick through the window of an Old Navy and stealing T-Shirts isn’t a path to racial justice either?<\/em><\/p>\n

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