Michael Brown’s Father And Ferguson Activists Request $20M From BLM To Help Their Community
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 in 2020.
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“Where is all that money going?” Brown Sr. asked in a Tuesday press release from the International Black Freedom Alliance. “How could you leave the families who are helping the community without any funding?”
As many are aware, the tragic 2014 police shooting of his son, Michael Brown, sparked months of unrest in Ferguson but it also helped solidify the national Black Lives Matter movement. Now, Brown Sr. along with the other activists who helped propel the movement, wants $20 million from the group and it will be used to help their community. “We’re not asking for a handout, but for the funding to keep the movement strong where it began,” said Tory Russell, a Ferguson activist and co-founder of the International Black Freedom Alliance.
The press release said the funds in Ferguson would be used in part to build a community center in honor of Michael Brown.
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