He added, “we need black firms and black accountants to go in there and find out where the money is going.”
According to reports, Cullors has also purchased three other homes since 2016 for a grand total of $3.2 million.
Upon hearing the news, Whitlock joined in on the criticism: “Black Lives Matter founder buys $1.4 million home in Topanga, which has a black population of 1.4 percent,” he tweeted Friday. “She’s with her people!”
Hours later, Twitter suspended him over the post, claiming he violated the platform’s rules by posting personal information about Cullors without her permission.
Whitlock told the Daily Mail that Twitter “said I needed to remove the tweet that linked the dirt.com story about Cullors buying a house in Topanga.”
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Whitlock said he did not reach out to Twitter, accusing the social media giant of lying. I returned to Twitter Tuesday night when they unlocked my account and sent me an apology, he said in an email. I refused to delete the tweet because I did nothing wrong.
Whitlock s initial tweet has been restored. In it, he mocked Cullors for buying a $1.4 million home in Topanga Canyon, a Los Angeles-area enclave where only 1.4% of residents are Black. She’s with her people! Whitlock wrote sarcastically, with a link to a story about Cullors purchase from celebrity blog site Dirt.com. Despite the story not including an address and the fact that other outlets had reported on Cullors new home, Whitlock was punished over Twitter s rules against publishing private information.
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Question of the Day By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press - Monday, April 12, 2021
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - An activist known for her fight against the establishment of a mosque in Tennessee a decade ago has drawn state lawmakers’ approval to serve on a commission that recommends textbooks and instructional materials for K-12 schools, despite opponents saying she espoused anti-Muslim views.
The Tennessee House voted 66-26 on Monday evening to confirm Laurie Cardoza-Moore to the post on the state’s Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission, following a similar vote by the Senate last week. Both chambers have a supermajority of Republicans.