The mom of Breonna Taylor, one of many main martyrs of the Black Lives Matter motion, has branded the Louisville, Kentucky, BLM chapter as a “fraud” and accused opportunistic activists of exploiting her title for revenue.
“I’ve by no means personally handled BLM Louisville and personally have discovered them to be fraud,” Tamika Palmer stated on Wednesday in a since-deleted Fb put up. She added that “I’ve watched y’all elevate cash on behalf of Breonna’s household who has by no means completed a rattling factor for us – nor have we wanted it or requested, so speak about fraud.”
Breonna Taylor’s Mother. She, I totally assist. BLM doesn’t care abt black folks. Solely their pockets. pic.twitter.com/85ei4e4VQs
— 48™️ (@fadde) April 17, 2021
The 26-year-old Taylor, a black emergency room technician who labored at two Louisville hospitals, was shot and killed by plainclothes police in March 2020 as they tried to serve a so-called “no-knock” warrant at her house as a part of a drug investigation. Her demise impressed the passage of ‘Breonna’s Legislation’ – banning no-knock raids during which police burst into a house unannounced – not solely in Louisville, but in addition in different cities and states throughout the US.
Together with the demise of George Floyd final Might within the custody of Minneapolis police, Taylor’s case additionally helped encourage a wave of BLM protests throughout the nation, together with many who turned ugly with arson, looting and violence. Protesters referred to as on folks to “say her title,” championing Taylor as a logo of allegedly racist killings of black folks by police.
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Palmer’s Fb rant means that a number of the activism has been opportunistic and self-serving. “I might stroll in a room full of people that declare to be right here for Breonna’s household who do not even know who I’m..,” she stated.
I am so sick of a few of y’all… I am completed with this s**t. Sufficient is sufficient.
Palmer additionally singled out Kentucky state Consultant Attica Scott (D-Kentucky) as a “fraud.” Scott hasn’t responded to the assault, however sarcastically, she criticized a Louisville policeman for getting a guide deal on the Taylor case, saying “Folks like to revenue off of black ache and tragedy. It sells.”
Keep targeted, y’all. Folks like to revenue off of Black ache and tragedy. It sells.https://t.co/cpa4nbjUNC
— Attica Scott (@atticascott4ky) April 15, 2021
Palmer’s put up additionally got here in the identical week that BLM co-founder and avowed Marxist, Patrisse Khan-Cullors, got here beneath fireplace when it was reported that she had bought not less than $ three.2 million in properties in largely white neighborhoods. Khan-Cullors stated in an interview with podcast host Marc Lamont Hill that she made her cash from guide and TV offers, talking engagements and her work as a professor – not from BLM – and that her actual property binge did not violate her Marxist ideas as a result of her members of the family are utilizing the properties.
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The BLM basis reportedly acquired greater than $ 90 million in donations final 12 months. As for Palmer’s level that her household did not request or want BLM Louisville’s assist, she signed a $ 12 million settlement with town of Louisville final September. The payout was among the many largest on report in a wrongful demise case involving alleged police misconduct.
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