In an interview with the The New York Times, Open Society Foundations President Patrick Gaspard announced that the organisation, headed by billionaire George Soros, is to “double down” on funding “black-led justice organizations”.
The interview was accompanied by a press release from the Open Society declaring that “The largest share of this support—$150 million—will be through a set of five-year grants to Black-led justice organizations that helped to create and now sustain the momentum towards racial equality.”
“Open Society’s response reflects our conviction that real progress requires sustained support over many years and letting leaders accountable to impacted communities shape the path forward.” the release adds.
It also notes that another $70 million will be allocated to “more immediate efforts to advance racial justice,” which include efforts to “reimagine” policing.
Gaspard noted that the recent uprising in the US and across the world is “the moment we’ve been investing in for the last 25 years.”
“There is this call for justice in Black and brown communities, an explosion of not just sympathy but solidarity across the board,” he claimed, adding that “it’s time to double down.”
“And we understood we can place a bet on these activists — Black and white — who see this as a moment of not just incrementalism, but whole-scale reform,” Gaspard asserted.
Gaspard directly referenced the Black Lives Matter movement, staying that “we need these moments to be sustained. If we’re going to say ‘Black lives matter,’ we need to say ‘Black organizations and structures matter.’”
The Open Society’s bold admission will raise eyebrows given that just weeks ago anyone suggesting Soros’ foundations were providing financial assistance to BLM agitators was labelled a ‘conspiracy theorist’:
Wait, isn't this the same media that said it was a "conspiracy theory" Soros was funding BLM? https://t.co/UXQRplhaOK
High-end brand stores in New York are telling security guards to keep quiet and allow looters to steal luxury items in case the company is accused of being “racist.”
Yes, really.
According to a report in the New York Post, “shoplifters are terrorizing Soho’s high-end boutiques,” stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of products on a weekly basis.
The stores have posted numerous security guards outside the premises in an attempt to deter thieves, but ever since nationwide riots at the end of May, many of them are being told to stand down if any looting actually takes place.
“If they [store personnel] stop them and say anything in the store before they’ve left the building then it often gets turned into a racial accusation,” a local source told the newspaper.
“The brands … tell their employees to walk away,” the insider added. “They don’t want to be the next Instagram video claiming they are a racist brand.”
NYPD Sgt. Joseph Imperatrice said “mobs of young, transient groups” are responsible for blitzing stores, grabbing as much stuff as they can hold before fleeing.
There have been dozens of these incidents in recent weeks, with looters targeting Adidas, Fendi and Burberry, Moncler, Celine and other stores.
The criminals appear to have become emboldened since the BLM movement picked up steam earlier in the year, presumably thinking that shoplifting a new pair of expensive sneakers is a form of “justice”.
“The era of Black Lives Matter is a golden age for criminals,” writes Dave Blount.
“In the near future, all stores will resemble ghetto liquor stores, with the goods secured behind bulletproof glass. A society that reveres criminals like George Floyd, Jacob Blake, et al can expect no better.”
Given this on top of everything else, is it any wonder that people are fleeing from New York in droves?
The city of Seattle is literally paying Antifa militants to write “f**k police” and “all cops are bastards” (ACAB) on Black Lives Matter murals near the infamous CHOP zone, according to a far-left live streamer.
Kitty Shackleford shared clips from the individual’s live stream which went out on Monday, which show the mural tagged with phrases like “abolish capitalism,” “ACAB,” “no good cops in a racist system,” & “abolish ICE”.
Apparently the city of Seattle is paying artists, including this militant streamer to permanently restore the Black Lives Matter mural outside the CHOP zone. "ACAB," "no good cops in a racist system," & "abolish ICE" (among other things) are now officially endorsed by the city. / pic.twitter.com/XHFuspU0qf
“The funniest thing about this is… the city of Seattle is paying me to do this, so it’s beautiful, you know what I’m saying,” the live streamer says while laughing.
He also makes clear that BLM is “coming for” Mayor Jenny Durkan next, despite her literally overseeing financial aid to the agitators.
The mural is also tagged with the words “100% Antifa,” a reference to the manifesto of Antifa terrorist Michael Reinoehl who murdered Trump supporter Aaron Danielson in cold blood in Portland in late August.
SDOT announced that it will maintaining the integrity of the mural, which deteriorates much faster than other surfaces, and that the total cost will remain unknown until the project is finished.
https://t.co/MtIUmwBYaU Site says SDOT has confirmed artists (VividMatterCollective) will be compensated, and it will not know the cost until the project is finished. Why is there a blank check for criminals to be writing these messages on the streets? / pic.twitter.com/qk4vdSsZmK
Streamer seems to be pictured below working on the mural. How much is the city paying criminals to write this on the streets? Do they endorse the "ACAB" messages written on the mural? Seattle blog about the project:https://t.co/lcw6QyOOWc / pic.twitter.com/x6qhshHpNZ
Another example of the "artist" Seattle has now endorsed. How much is the city of Seattle paying these "artists," to shit on our law enforcement, communities, and country / pic.twitter.com/3fKiZ5uuCv
“Imagine thinking you’re a revolutionary fighting the system when you’re getting paid by the system to take part in said “revolution,” writes Chris Menahan.
One fears for the future of cities like Seattle given that the controlling authorities, not merely the rioters, are pro-Antifa.
As we highlighted yesterday, the likely next Mayor of Portland is also a vehement Antifa supporter and recently wore a skirt which championed the legacy of Chairman Mao, the Communist dictator who was responsible for the deaths of around 50 million people.
Video footage from outside the debate venue in Cleveland last night shows white leftist BLM supporters fleeing after they are confronted and out-argued by black Trump supporters.
The incident took place during a 5 hour-plus live stream broadcast by YouTuber Baked Alaska.
The initial argument took place between Baked Alaska and Biden supporters dressed as doctors. As the two groups debated abortion, one of the Biden supporters sardonically attempted to hand Baked Alaska a face mask as his friend, who is seen wearing an ‘I can’t breathe’ face mask, then tries to get in the YouTuber’s face.
However, the atmosphere suddenly changed when several black Trump supporters joined the fray, eventually prompting the white BLM leftists to flee in panic at the dreadful optics of them supposedly supporting ‘Black Lives Matter’ while shouting at black people and telling them to shut up.
“She told me to shut the F up,” a black Trump supporter tells the camera as the white BLM female begins to get triggered.
“They don’t care about black lives,” says the Trump supporter, adding, “They think it’s 1868…white Democrats used to hang us from trees, they used to burn our churches,” as the white ‘I can’t breathe’ mask wearer begins to make a hasty retreat.
“If you can’t breathe, you need to take that mask off,” the Trump supporter jokes, adding, “They’re want to appropriate some slogan because they support thugs.”
Another group of BLM leftists then walk by and are opposed by a black female Trump supporter who tells them, “All lives matter.”
The same woman then confronts a white pro-abortion female and tells her, “Black baby’s lives matter,” before the leftist’s friend almost immediately drags her away and the two flee.
They are followed by an African-American man with a ‘Burn Loot Murder’ sign who is challenged by the leftists to answer how unwanted babies are going to be taken care of if abortion is outlawed.
“It’s called adoption and foster care, I have three adopted children in my family,” responds the black Trump supporter.”
The pro-abortion leftist begins screeching and is then encouraged to leave by her friends for a second time as the group continues to try to flee.
“Get to steppin’ you racist liberal, get across that street!” the black Trump supporter shouts at them.
The same individual then confronts another white BLM supporter, telling him, “We don’t need no white savior, we’ve got Jesus!”
The white woman who previously screeched at the African-American man then gets back in his face and starts jabbing her finger at him before asserting that she understands black people because she works in a black area of the city.
However, when she is asked where she lives, she admits it’s not in the same area.
A separate African-American Trump supporter then informs the woman about how Biden is an “ass grabber” who likes to assault women.
The white leftist then claims Trump assaults women, but is unable to cite any actual evidence.
“We’ve got video evidence, we’ve got videotape, show me a videotape of a woman getting her ass grabbed by Trump,” the black Trump supporter tells her.
The group then flees the scene for a third time.
The video is well worth a watch to see how truly stumped and vitriolic leftists are towards black people when they dare to disagree with them.
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