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  1. Mar 25, 2022 · Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, was arrested with probable cause at a Los Angeles Police Commission meeting in 2018, a federal jury found Thursday after a...

  2. Sep 4, 2022 · CNN — An executive at Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (GNF), is accused of “syphoning” more than $10 million from donors, the grassroots arm of the BLM organization said a court...

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    • Protest-related Damages Cost About $2 Billion, According to Estimate
    • Thousands of Protesters Arrested in 2020
    • Our Rating: Partly False
    • Our Fact-Check Sources

    Damages caused by the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests were estimated to cost $2 billion, a number that could "still go higher," according to a February 2021 reportpublished on the World Economic Forum's website. The report was authored by the head of Property Claim Services, which has tracked protest-related insurance claims for decades. The group...

    Contrary to the claim in the post, many Black Lives Matter protesters did face consequences. Estimates vary, but news outlets reported thousands of protesters were arrested in the months following Floyd’s death in May 2020. A June 22, 2020, article from The Washington Post tallied over 14,000 arrests made since May 27. The Hill reportedover 17,000 ...

    Based on our research, we rate PARTLY FALSE the claim that Black Lives Matter protesters caused $2 billion worth of damage and faced no consequences. It's true that, in 2020, protests over Floyd's death were estimated to have caused about $2 billion in damage. But the post is wrong to say demonstrators faced no consequences. News reports indicate m...

    USA TODAY, April 19, 2021, Fact check: Missing context in claim about Black Lives Matter co-founder's property purchases
    USA TODAY, May 23, 2021, Fact check: Black Lives Matter tweeted in support of Palestinians, not Hamas
    USA TODAY, Feb. 14, Can protests similar to the Canadian 'Freedom Convoy' happen here? They already are.
    World Economic Forum, Feb. 22, 2021, How 2020 protests changed insurance forever
  3. Sep 7, 2022 · Sept. 7, 2022, 1:05 PM PDT. By Tat Bellamy-Walker. Black Lives Matter Grassroots is suing an executive of Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation (GNF) for allegedly stealing $10...

  4. Mar 25, 2022 · Melina Abdullah, co-founder of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, was arrested with probable cause at a Los Angeles Police Commission meeting in 2018, a federal jury found Thursday after a...

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