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FERGUSON, Mo. The father of Michael Brown and other activists from Ferguson, Missouri, are demanding financial support from Black Lives Matter after the organization revealed it raised over $90 million last year, according to reports.In August 2014, Brown was involved in a strong-armed robber
A breakdown:
Per the financial statement, individual amounts given averaged around $30.70.
Hence, if every donation was $30, that means the 8-year-old group received 3,000,000 donations spread evenly across one year, 8,219 contributions/day.
As revealed by the report, ten percent of the donations were recurring.
And now, some folks are
insisting on a cut.
As reported by The Daily Caller, activists from Ferguson, Missouri say BLM should pony up $20 million buckaroos.
You may recall Ferguson erupted in 2014 following the police-shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown.
Here’s History.com with a summary:
There are many different accounts of the incident, including the testimonies of [Officer Darren Wilson] and of Brown’s friend, Dorian Johnson, who was with Brown at the time. Many details differ, but most accounts agree that Wilson saw Brown and Johnson walking in the street, demanded they get on the sidewalk, then stopped his police SUV in front of them in order to
Brewer Group CEO Jack Brewer reacts to Black Lives Matter getting nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Michael Brown Sr. and Ferguson, Mo., activist Tory Russell, the founder of the International Black Freedom Alliance, demanded $20 million from Black Lives Matter after revelations that the organization brought in $90 million last year.
Brown s son, Michael Brown Jr., an 18-year-old Black teen, was killed in a police-involved shooting in the city in 2014, prompting a wave of Black Lives Matter demonstrations. Despite the protest movement s massive haul, Brown said he received just $500. His son s death and the unrest that followed brought global attention to the police brutality issue that has plagued the U.S. for over a century, the IBFA said in a statement Tuesday. [Brown Sr.] was left with more questions than answers about the group s funding.