BLM Activist’s Income More Than Tripled as His Nonprofit’s Revenue Plummeted
“…Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King saw income from his social justice nonprofit more than triple in 2021 even as revenues fell 60 percent, according to tax filings.
It’s the latest example of King cashing in at one of his social justice nonprofit groups. King formed Grassroots Law Project at the height of the anti-police movement in 2020 with the claim that “white supremacy, bigotry, greed, and corruption are at the center of police violence and mass incarceration.” The group has called for prosecutions of police, and claims it helped “ensure” the conviction of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis officer who killed George Floyd.
Grassroots Law operates a political action committee of the same name that King has used to cover major personal expenses. The Washington Free Beacon reported that the PAC last year paid $40,000 to a California kennel to purchase a thoroughbred show dog for King.
According to Grassroots Law’s filings, King’s salary rose at a much faster clip than others at the nonprofit. The nonprofit paid $2,140,775 in salaries, an increase of 50 percent from the year before. Grassroots’ assets took a nosedive, from $4,015,736 to $1,885,445…”