Welcome to the common denominator that unites the founders of Black Lives Matter.
Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.
A few years ago, CAA announced that it had signed on to represent Patrisse Cullors. The powerful Hollywood talent agency is considered the biggest firm of its kind and doesn’t usually represent activists. But the Black Lives Matter co-founder isn’t a typical activist either.
By the time that Cullors was being represented by the talent agency, the self-proclaimed “trained Marxist” was going from award dinners to studio events. Most speaking fees aren't made public, but last year, Cullors, along with the other two co-founders of the racist BLM hate group, charged the University of Florida $10,000 each to address students online.
When she isn’t charging thousands to video chat, Cullors curated ComplexCon, a BLM global art show, and worked on an ad campaign for Adidas with Pharell Williams, claims to be a “dancer, choreographer, designer, stylist, producer, and director.”
Cullors got to consult for Good Trouble, a lefty Disney TV series, about two girls, one white and one Latino, who move to Los Angeles and fight racial injustice. Another way of saying that is, she gave a show run by a white lady who used to act on The Bold and the Beautiful street cred.
“You only have to spend about five minutes with Patrisse to be blown away by her as an activist, artist, intellectual and force of life energy, love, joy and humanity,” Good Trouble showrunner Joanna Johnson raved. “She has such a wealth of knowledge and life experience. I’m always looking for that in writers because truth is not only stranger but more nuanced and rich than fiction can ever be."
Truth is indeed stranger than fiction. Just ask the Black Lives Matter founder who went from a year in which the hate group's race rioters burned buildings and terrorized communities to buying a $1.4 million home in the mostly white Topanga Canyon through a corporate entity.
Like every proper trained Marxist should. As an amateur Marxist, Cullors had to settle for the San Fernando Valley, but as a fully trained Marxist she got “vaulted ceilings clad in knotty pine” and “whitewashed hearth fireplaces.”
Whiteness and whitewashing isn’t all bad. Especially when white studios are paying for it.
The Topanga Canyon home has "soaring ceilings", "skylights", and is ideal for "quietly contemplating cross-canyon vistas framed by mature trees" or the next town your hate group is going to burn. There's even an art studio and politically incorrect "maids quarters".
The house is down the road from one of the homes involved in the Manson murders which seems only appropriate since Manson wanted to start a race war.
And Black Lives Matter is carrying on Manson’s work.
This was reportedly Cullors’ fourth home purchase after buying a ranch on three acres in Atlanta with a private airplane hangar and shopping around for a luxury home in the Bahamas.
Last year, Cullors signed a deal with Warner Brothers to “develop scripted dramas and comedies, docuseries and animated programming for children, young adults and families”.
Cullors also has her own anti-police organization, Dignity and Power Now, run by Lamia Al-Sadek, the former county director of Islamic Relief Worldwide, and two white people, near USC. And she also has her own consulting firm with her lover, Janaya And Patrisse Consulting.
It’s unclear if either of these were the entities that Cullors used to buy her $1.4 million home, or if she has other organizations in her portfolio that have yet to be exposed and revealed.
While Cullors went with CAA, Alicia Garza, the second BLM co-founder, went with ICM, and her book, Purpose Of Power , came out last year. Garza is also due to appear in the HBO adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ racist rant, Between the World and Me .
ICM’s previous coup was boasting about the role of "client Josh Hartnett" in the HBO "documentary" Exterminate All the Brutes which "shifts perspectives by highlighting America's founding as inherently genocidal". It’s no wonder that the entire roster of BLM’s founders have found a comfortable home in an entertainment industry that hates America as much as they do.
Opal Tometi, the third BLM co-founder, got on board with WME, the rival CAA Hollywood talent agency, which Hollywood Reporter noted had signed stars like,“Elton John, Eva Longoria, Shakira, Tessa Thompson, Sarah Cooper, and Opal Tometi.”
You can read about all this in Opal’s official press releases, in between telling a newspaper, “I do this because we deserve to live.”
And deserve to live very well too.
WME used Opal Tometi to launch its Social Justice Now Film Festival through Film Life Foundation, a non-profit founded by Opal and Marvel star, Michael B. Jordan. Sponsored by Sony, Amazon, Heineken, J.P. Morgan, and other great outposts of social justice, the festival’s message is “translate art into change” and features movies like, Who Will Survive America .
It’s hard surviving America while being sponsored by a Japanese electronics firm, a Dutch beer conglomerate, and a banking firm whose predecessors had used slaves as collateral.
Opal also has her own production company, Blue Opal Productions.
Unlike Cullors and Garza, both of whom came out of Los Angeles, Opal came from Arizona, but Hollywood is the common denominator of the founders of Black Lives Matter.
The founders of BLM have gone to work acting, writing, consulting, and promoting for Hollywood because their racist hate movement was always an entertainment industry production. BLM’s race riots destroyed communities and small businesses, but its brands and buzzwords were a corporate marketing campaign backed by industry talent. Like Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds radio broadcast, it was a production, even if the physical destruction of the riots was all too real.
Why shouldn’t Cullors get a house in the area where Quentin Tarantino filmed a scene in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and where movie stars house their pets at the Topanga Pet Resort?
It’s all made in Hollywood anyway.
Truth is stranger than fiction. But Hollywood also specializes in turning fiction into truth. Why not set the country on fire, elect some Democrats, and get some new content in the pipeline?
Hollywood had been stagnating. Every piece of IP or intellectual property had been locked down by giants like Disney, and the staggering cost of Silicon Valley streamers like Netflix and Amazon Prime sinking billions into developing original content to keep subscription viewers on their plantation had made it impossible for much of the old industry to compete on its own turf.
Now there are books to adapt into movies, TV series to launch, and countless entertainment industry products to sell to guilty liberal suburban moms who joyfully grapple with the depths of their own racism by binge watching black pain. And there are the BLM co-founders to help Hollywood get all the political cred that it needs to make a killing out of racism on a budget.
Forget Hearst’s "You furnish the pictures. I'll furnish the war." The war is easy to furnish. It’s the pictures that are expensive.
The damage from the BLM race riots surpassed $2 billion. That sounds like a lot of money, and individually it wiped out countless businesses, crushed neighborhoods and communities, and took more lives and dreams than will ever be accounted for, but that’s nothing compared to the $17 billion that Netflix blew on programming in just one year. And the best part is that $2 billion was entirely paid for by ordinary Americans, insurance companies, and non-industry types.
Peasants.
Think of the Kenosha riots as the Atlanta burning scene in Gone With the Wind . But no Hollywood studio had to sacrifice its own sets to produce all that footage. Race rioters were happy to burn down American cities as publicity for Hollywood social justice projects.
Some consulting and acting gigs for the marketable founders of the racist hate group is a small price to pay for Warner Brothers to use HBO Max to compete with Netflix. It’s been a long time since Warner Brothers meant the conservative Warner brothers, Jewish immigrants and Republicans who appeared before HUAC, and declared, “We are willing to establish such a fund to ship to Russia the people who don’t like our American system of government.”
Warner Brothers and HBO Max, like CNN, are cultural death rays of the AT&T death star. Or, as a CNN reporter described the riots, “fiery, but mostly peaceful” death rays.
If only there were a fund to ship AT&T, Netflix, and Disney to Russia.
After BLM fades, there will be new productions, spectacles, and extravaganzas to excite, humiliate, and distract the attention of Americans from the havoc being wreaked on their country as a handful of entangled companies fight for supreme dominance in the oligarchy.
And BLM’s co-founders have found a good exit strategy with production companies, organizations, and homes in an industry that knows the value of a good show.
Somewhere, Captain David Dorn’s widow is mourning her husband. And the other victims of BLM are immersed in their own private griefs for lost children, spouses, and parents.
But in Hollywood, the mansions only get bigger and the party never ends.
THERE IS NO SUBCULTURE IN AMERICA MORE RACIST, VIOLENT, ANTI-SEMITIC, ANTI-ASIAN, ABORTED AND HOMOPHOBIC THAN BLACK AMERICA!
Report: Marxist Black Lives Matter Co-founder Bought Four Homes since 2016 Amy Harris/Invision/AP 3:07
Patrisse Khan-Cullors, one of the co-founders of the Black Lives Matter movement and a “trained Marxist,” is reported to have bought four homes over the past several years, as her activist profile grew and protests raged around the country.
Last week, real estate website Dirt.com reported that the “37-year-old social justice visionary” Khan-Cullors had bought a $1.4 million compound in Topanga, a remote Los Angeles neighborhood nestled deep in the Santa Monica mountains.
In L.A. terms, $1.4 million is not necessarily extravagant, though the activist took criticism for spending what would be a fortune in most other real estate markets, and for buying in a largely white neighborhood after urging people to “buy black.”
However, it turns out that Khan-Cullors also owns a house in the predominantly black neighborhood of Inglewood — among several other homes. The New York Post reported Saturday that she bought a $510,000 home there in 2016, which is worth about $800,000 today. She also bought a $590,000 home in South Los Angeles that is worth $720,000 today, and bought a ranch in rural Georgia for $415,000 last year, “featuring a private airplane hangar with a studio apartment above it.”
The Post added that Khan-Cullors and spouse Janaya Khan “also eyed property in the Bahamas at an ultra-exclusive resort where Justin Timberlake and Tiger Woods both have homes” called the Albany last year, with the price not disclosed.
Khan-Cullors declared in 2015 that she and the other Black Lives Matter co-founders were “trained Marxists” who are ” super-versed” on “ideological theories.” Last year, as Breitbart News noted, the radical activist signed a content production deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.
The news of Khan-Cullors’s real estate purchases prompted some activists called for a financial investigation of the Black Lives Matter movement. Khan-Cullors is hardly the first to cash in. Tamika Mallory, notorious for her support of the antisemite Louis Farrakhan, has scored product endorsements.
Nor would Khan-Cullors be the first Marxist to succeed in the real estate market with multiple homes. In 2014, Breitbart News reported on local landlords in Santa Monica, California, who are avowed supporters of the Castro regime in Cuba.
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60 Expressway Shootings in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast 1:50
There have been 60 shootings on expressways in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago so far this year.
Fox News notes this puts the city on pace to top the 128 shootings witnessed in all of 2020, and it already surpasses the 52 such shootings which took place in 2019.
Illinois State Police are responding to the gun violence surge by spending $12.5 million on cameras with which to monitor the expressways.
NBC 5 reports one person “was seriously hurt” in the latest expressway shooting. That shooting occurred Thursday morning just after 11 a.m. on I-57.
In non-expressway violence, ABC 7 / Chicago Sun-Times observed 12 people were shot, one fatally, Friday into early Saturday night in Chicago.
The fatality was a 17-year-old boy who was shot and killed in Bridgeport while “sitting in a parked vehicle about 9:45 p.m. in the 200 block of West 37th Street.”
The Chicago Tribune reports 155 people were killed in Chicago January 1, 2021, through April 8, 2021. That is 27 more than were killed during the same time-frame in 2020.
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Ex-con is arrested and charged with hate crimes after unwittingly targeting an undercover NYPD cop with anti-Asian slurs and threating to stab him in the face
Juvian Rodriguez, 35, was arrested and charged with menacing and harassment The former convict is accused of spewing anti-Asian abuse to an undercover cop Police say Rodriguez approached the plainclothes officer in Midtown Manhattan on Friday afternoon 'Go back to China before you wind up in the f***ing graveyard!' he allegedly said He also threatened to 'slap' and stab the officer in the face, according to police By DAILYMAIL.COM REPORTER
PUBLISHED: 15:27 EDT, 10 April 2021 UPDATED: 15:50 EDT, 10 April 2021
Juvian Rodriguez, 35, was arrested and charged with hate crimes including menacing and harassment on Friday
A New York City man was arrested and charged with hate crimes after allegedly hurling anti-Asian abuse and threats at an undercover cop.
Police say Juvian Rodriguez, 35, unwittingly targeted a member of the NYPD's Asian Hate Crime Task Force on patrol in Midtown Manhattan on Friday afternoon.
Rodriguez, an ex-convict, approached the plainclothes officer outside Madison Square Garden on 33rd Street, and allegedly began spewing hate speech and threats.
'Go back to China before you wind up in the f***ing graveyard!', he said, the New York Post reported.
A police source said Rodriguez also allegedly told the cop: 'I'm going to slap the holy piss out of you and stab you in the face.'
The officer, who was not identified, alerted the precinct and subsequently arrested the man.
Rodriguez, who is reported to have had a number of brushes with the law in the past, was charged with menacing and harassment - as hate crimes - as well as drug possession.
The ex-convict unwittingly targeted an undercover officer from NYPD's Asian Hate Crime Task Force, police said
Rodriguez is accused of threatening to stab the officer and telling him to 'go back to China'
He allegedly remained defiant even after he was busted, telling cops: 'I don't give a f***k if I go to jail,' the Post reported.
When asked to comment by reporters outside the precinct, Rodriguez reportedly shouted: 'Your mother!'
His arrest comes amid a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes in the city.
The NYPD last month announced it was deploying plainclothes officers as part of their Asian Hate Crime Task Force to help tackle the recent uptick.
The department reports that New York City alone has at least 35 anti-Asian hate crime reports since January, compared to the 28 in all of 2020.
Since the coronavirus shutdown in the US last march, a report from Stop AAPI Hate has documented at least 3,795 racially motivated attacks against Asian Americans in the last year alone.
Raised awareness of anti-Asian hate crimes in the US has led to the popular 'Stop Asian Hate' movement online and in rallies across the nation
Raised awareness of anti-Asian hate crimes in the US has led to the popular 'Stop Asian Hate' movement online and in rallies across the nation.
The movement gained traction after the high profile March shootings at three spas in Georgia, where a gunman killed eight people , including six Asian women.
Last week surveillance footage caught an elderly 65-year-old Asian woman viciously attacked by a stranger who hurled anti-Asian statements in a random attack in New York City.
In 2020 the United Nations brought attention to the issue, attributing 'alarming level' of racist attacks in the US due to COVID -19, the coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China.
'Racially motivated violence and other incidents against Asian-Americans have reached an alarming level across the United States since the outbreak of COVID19' the report said.
The Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, reported that anti-Asian hate crimes in America's largest cities rose 149% in 2020, while overall hate crimes dropped seven percent.
The report found that the hugest surge was in New York, where anti-Asian hate crimes rose from just three in 2019 to 28 in 2020, a 833% increase.
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Emmy-winning black producer and screenwriter Lena Waithe faces backlash for fueling 'hate crime fantasies' with extreme racial violence in new Amazon series 'Them'
New horror series 'Them' tells the fictional story of a black family who move from North Carolina to an all-white neighborhood in Compton, LA in the 1950s The Emory family aim to escape the Jim Crow South during the Great Migration They soon find themselves facing the peril of both supernatural forces and racism from their new white neighbors who scorch the n-word into their lawn It was created by Little Marvin and Lena Waithe and released on Amazon Prime Video Friday Several people took to Twitter Saturday to slam it over a brutal scene in the fifth episode where a baby is brutally murdered while its mother is raped The furor erupted after the Los Angeles Times published a piece questioning if the series had gone 'too far' Some called it 'propaganda for white terrorists' and 'disgusting' Little Marvin defended the violence saying it showed 'authenticity' He pointed out the key timing of its release as he said it is 'a scary place to be in 2021' amid a nationwide racial reckoning following the death of George Floyd By RACHEL SHARP FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 15:54 EDT, 10 April 2021 UPDATED: 16:34 EDT, 10 April 2021
Lena Waithe is facing a backlash on social media over her new series 'Them', with some saying they 'thought a white person wrote it' because of its portrayal of racial violence.
Several people took to Twitter Saturday accusing the show of appealing to 'hate crime fantasies' due to a scene in the fifth episode where a baby is brutally murdered while its mother is raped.
The new horror series tells the fictional story of a black family who move from North Carolina to an all-white neighborhood in Compton, Los Angeles , during the Great Migration of the 1950s.
Despite hoping the move will be an escape from the Jim Crow South, the Emory family quickly find themselves facing the peril of both supernatural forces and racism from their new white neighbors who, among other things, scorch the n-word into their front lawn.
Lena Waithe is facing a backlash on social media over her new series 'Them' (pictured promo poster), with some saying they 'thought a white person wrote it' because of its portrayal of racial violence
The series, created by black producer and writer Little Marvin and produced by Emmy-winning black producer, actress and screenwriter Waithe, was released on Amazon Prime Video Friday.
But the furor over the series largely erupted after the Los Angeles Times published a piece questioning if the series had gone 'too far'.
The review pointed out a flashback moment in episode five showing the infant's murder before the family moved away from North Carolina.
In the scene, the mother Lucky hides her son Chester in a closet as a white mob break into her home.
The mob find them and the men sexually assault Lucky while the woman stuffs the baby into a pillowcase and throws him around while chanting 'cat in the bag' before dropping the infant to the floor, killing him.
The episode in question was written by Little Marvin and Dominic Orlando and directed by Janicza Bravo.
Social media users slammed the violent depiction and hit out at Waithe, questioning its depiction of violence against black people with some calling it 'propaganda for white terrorists.'
'I've been a horror super fan for over 30 years. Lena Waithe's 'Them' is the cheapest kind of horror,' one person wrote.
'It's propaganda for white terrorists and torture porn fetishists. There is a huge difference between fear and disgust. The show is disgusting.'
The series, created by black producer and writer Little Marvin (left) and produced by Emmy-winning black producer, actress and screenwriter Waithe (right), was released on Amazon Prime Video Friday
Another person chimed in: 'Lena Waithe like a lot of bourgeoise black artists uses black trauma to give their work depth that they are too lazy or incapable of providing.
'Too often people treat a piece of work as profound because black people are being victimized and Waithe doubles down to seem profound.'
Others cast doubt over how any people of color approved the series.
'I think lena waithe should review 'them' and try to decipher who her target audience was,' one person wrote.
'who exactly was she making this series for? honestly, when i saw the trailers for it and read about the series, i thought a white person wrote it. do NOT watch 'them'.'
Another agreed: 'Lena Waithe getting as far as she does might be a sign that there's still little to no diversity in these rooms because there's no way Lena presented this story to an actual living breathing black person and got the green light.'
'Lena Waithe will pay for her crimes against the black community,' one person wrote alongside a meme of an angry Barney the dinosaur.
Several people took to Twitter Saturday to slam what they claim appeals to 'hate crime fantasies' over a brutal scene in the fifth episode where a baby is brutally murdered while its mother is raped
Both Waithe and Little Marvin are black.
Little Marvin defended the show of violence saying it was necessary for 'authenticity' about the experience of black people during that period in America.
'Yes, there is a concern, but at the end of the day, I as an artist have to sit with myself and grapple with the authenticity of the show,' he told the LA Times.
'If I can sleep at night knowing this entire enterprise has an authenticity and integrity to it, then I'm good.'
He said the aim was not to be 'provocative or hot button' but to ask two things: 'what terrified us the most and what felt most true. Typically, those two things were the same.'
The executive producer also pointed out the key timing of its release as he said it is 'a scary place to be in 2021.'
'We're incredibly fractured and split down the middle,' he said.
'There are people who want to take the country back to a time they consider great, and there are folks who are fighting for progress. That's a scary place to be in 2021.'
The nation is facing a racial reckoning following the death of George Floyd and multiple police killings of black people.
The new horror series tells the fictional story of a black family who move from North Carolina to an all-white neighborhood in Compton, Los Angeles, during the Great Migration of the 1950s. A clip from the show
Despite hoping the move would be an escape from the Jim Crow South, the Emory family quickly find themselves facing the peril of both supernatural forces and racism from their new white neighbors who, among other things, scorch the n-word into their front lawn
The trial of white cop Derek Chauvin for Floyd's murder is currently in progress in Minneapolis court.
Floyd's death sparked renewed calls for racial justice and an end to systemic racism but it comes as concerns are also growing over the re-emergence of white supremacy and extremism.
Little Marvin said seeing shocking videos of violence against black people in recent times inspired him to tell the story of 'Them.'
'My inspiration was waking up every day and seeing cellphone videos of black people being terrorized in some ways, either by threats from police, surveillance or something else,' he said.
'That history goes all the way back to the founding of our country. I was also thinking about the American Dream. There's nothing more emblematic of that than owning one's home.
'There's great pride in that, particularly for black people. But as you know, it's been anything but a dream. It's been a nightmare for Black folks.'
Little Marvin defended the violence saying it showed 'authenticity' of the experience of racism and several social media users agreed arguing those criticizing it are just 'uncomfortable' facing up to the reality of racism
Several social media users agreed with the creators, arguing those criticizing the depiction of violence are just 'uncomfortable' facing up to the reality of racism.
'#THEM on Amazon is insane. This new-ish genre of horror that examines Black trauma through racism isn't going away any time soon,' one person wrote.
'And judging by the reviews, it's making our melanin-free friends uncomfortable. So you know it's good.'
Another person agreed, replying: 'Glad you are enjoying(?!) it! I couldn't agree more - I heard one reviewer saying it was just too much and she wished it had been dialed back.
'Missing the entire point there. Really tough show to work on all things considered but I'm glad it's getting the recognition.'
The criticism was largely directed against Waithe who is more well-known than Little Marvin, after she became the first black woman to win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for the Netflix comedy drama series Master of None.
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llinois man who was trying to give phones to the Islamic State to use as DETONATORS in Syria is jailed for 13 years
Edward Schimenti tried to give phones to ISIS to be used as bombs Schimenti didn't know that he was dealing with a government informant when he agreed to get phones to use as detonators, according to prosecutors Prosecutors claim Schimenti trained the informant at a local gym, where Schimenti expressed a desire to 'cut the neck' of non-believers Schimenti apologized for his actions during a sentencing hearing on Friday A co-conspirator, Joseph D. Jones, was sentenced to 12 years last month By ASSOCIATED PRESS and HOLDEN WALTER-WARNER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 22:34 EDT, 9 April 2021 UPDATED: 10:10 EDT, 10 April 2021
An Illinois man who believed he was giving phones to help the Islamic State group commit violence was sentenced Friday to 13 1/2 years in federal prison.
Edward Schimenti was convicted of one count of conspiring to provide material support and resources to ISIS and one count of making false statements to the FBI in 2019 for providing phones to an informant that he thought the Islamic State would use as detonators.
Schimenti was first charged alongside Joseph D. Jones back in 2017, four years ahead of Friday's sentencing.
U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood said Schimenti was more culpable of the two men, who were convicted by a jury in 2019.
Joseph D. Jones (left) and Edward Schimenti (center) posing in front of an ISIS flag
But she also said the crime was 'on the less serious end of a scale that starts at a very serious level,' the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
Last month, Jones was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison following his conviction on a conspiracy charge.
Schimenti didn't know that he was dealing with a government informant when he agreed to get phones to use as detonators, according to prosecutors.
'Drench that land with ... they blood,' Schimenti told the man before taking him to an airport for a purported trip to Syria, according to the government.
The FBI began investigating the Zion, Illinois, man based on social media posts in favor of the Islamic State.
Pictured: Edward Schimenti, who sometimes went by 'Abdul Wali' online
Prosecutors allege Schimenti wrote on social media, 'Islamic State will control your country, matter of fact, Islam will dominate the world!!'
Schimenti also allegedly prominently displayed the Islamic State flag on his Google+ account.
The feds set up a 'ruse scenario' to help determine the intentions of Jones and Schimenti, though their lawyers claim they were entrapped.
The U.S. District Court released several social media messages allegedly posted by Schimenti
An undercover agent who referred to himself as Omar allegedly struck up a friendship with Jones after the latter was summoned to a police station in regards to the murder of a friend.
According to prosecutors, Omar informed Jones that he knew someone who could help Jones travel to the Islamic State, although that turned out to be another undercover agent, called Bilal.
Jones and Schimenti then met with Omar and Bilal on December 29, 2015, a meeting prosecutors say Schimenti left when he became suspicious upon being asked about pledging allegiance to the Islamic State.
In November 2016, an informant was allegedly sent to Schimenti's employer, where he earned a job and started socializing with Schimenti.
An alleged social media post from Schimenti threatens to 'slaughter Pagans'
Another alleged post from Schimenti appears to link to Boko Haram, another terrorist group
The informant learned that Schimenti had a brother in the Islamic State and that he aimed to join his brother in Syria, according to prosecutors.
Prosecutors claim Schimenti trained the informant at a local gym, where Schimenti expressed a desire to 'cut the neck' of non-believers.
Additionally, the informant allegedly relayed to Schimenti about how Islamic State fighters could use cell phones as bombs and told the two men about a YouTube video demonstrating the tactic.
Schimenti later allegedly helped gather cell phones for the informant while declining payment for his work.
'I know where they’re going,' Schimenti said.
Schimenti also said 'I want to see blood flowing, either way' during a shopping trip with the informant.
On April 7, 2017, Jones and Schimenti dined with the informant before driving him to O'Hare Airport, where they believed he was traveling to Syria.
Pictured: Joseph D. Jones, who was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison last month
His lawyers said Schimenti was 'consistently manipulated' by the government 'until he took the bait.'
Schimenti's defense attorneys also claim he was never taken seriously by a terrorist group, as they never reached out to him.
'In the end, your honor, really I guess I'm just asking for another chance at life,' Schimenti told the judge while apologizing.
Prior to their arrests in 2017, Jones was a part-time chef and college student, while Schimenti worked at a cancer treatment center.
Black Lives Matter of Greater New York chair Hawk Newsome questions how much Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has contributed to charity.
The head of New York City’s Black Lives Matter chapter is calling for an investigation into BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors over a series of million-dollar real estate purchases she’s made.
Cullors, 37, has reportedly purchased four high-end homes for $3.2 million in the U.S. alone, per New York Post
Patrisse Cullors attends last February’s Frieze Project Artist Patrisse Cullors x Summit x Cultured Magazine Dinner at The West Hollywood EDITION. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for The West Hollywood EDITION) More
BLM reportedly brought in $90 million in donations last year, and now inquiring minds want to know if or how Cullors is paid by the organization and how much she has contributed to charity, per Daily Mail Hawk Newsome , the head of Black Lives Matter Greater New York City, is calling for a probe into Cullors’ finances.
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“If you go around calling yourself a socialist, you have to ask how much of her own personal money is going to charitable causes,” he told the Post .
Cullors did not immediately respond to theGrio ‘s request for comment.
“It’s really sad because it makes people doubt the validity of the movement and overlook the fact that it’s the people that carry this movement,” he continued.
In addition to the Topanga Canyon estate, Cullors and her wife, Janaya Khan , also own a “custom ranch” on 3.2 acres in Conyers, Georgia that boasts an airplane hangar. They purchased the property last year for $415,000, according to the report, two years after the publication of Cullors’ best-selling book, “When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir .”
Additionally, the Post claims that in recent years, Cullors, a self-described Marxist, paid $510,000 for a three-bedroom home in Inglewood, California. In 2018, she dropped $590,000 for a four-bedroom home in South L.A.
Last October, Cullors agreed to “a multi-platform” deal with Warner Bros. Television Group, she said in a statement, to help produce content for “black voices who have been historically marginalized.”
The Post report sparked debate on social media, with BLM supporters and critics noting that Cullors’ high-end lifestyle doesn’t vibe with her social justice activism.
“She had a lot of options on where to live. She chose one of the whitest places in California,” sports journalist Jason Whitlock tweeted. “She’ll have her pick of white cops and white people to complain about. That’s a choice, bro.”
Read More: Devale Ellis pens children’s book on #BLM: ‘It’s my life’s journey’
Cullors founded the Black Lives Matter movement with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi in 2013. Last month, the organization came under fire after it was revealed that BLM received over $90M in response to the uprisings launched after the deaths of George Floyd , Ahmaud Arbery , Breonna Taylor and others, theGRIO
Black Lives Matter activists are now demanding $20 million from the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, including Michael Brown Sr. , whose son Michael Brown Jr., was killed by police in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014.
Michael Brown Sr. stands as an honor guard enters during the dedication of a new community empowerment center Wednesday, July 26, 2017, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
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Brown Sr. said he and his advocacy group have been short-changed by the larger BLM organization.
“Why hasn’t my family’s foundation received any assistance from the movement?” he asked in a statement last month.
“On behalf of many activists in the St. Louis area, I’m joined by Mike Brown Sr., the father of Mike Brown Jr. Today, we hold Black Lives Matter accountable,” said local community organizer Tony Russell .
theGRIO’s DeMicia Inman contributed to this report.
The New York Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying a woman who robbed a laundromat and then beat an employee in Brooklyn. PIX11 .
New York Post reported.
Anyone who has information can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visit the Crime Stoppers website ( crimestoppers.nypdonline.org ), download the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or text 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
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