ATLANTA — The donations poured in this summer as Black Lives Matter marchers surged through the streets of Atlanta and across the country, protesting the use of aggressive force by the police and demanding more action to scrub out the deep stain of institutional racism. Donors gave $36,493 in June to an organization that called itself Black Lives Matter of Greater Atlanta. Instead, federal investigators found that the money was spent on nights out and nice clothes. The man running the organization, Sir Maejor Page, appeared on social media wearing tailored suits with cuff links and ties that he bragged had cost $150, staying in luxury hotel rooms. “At the top top.”He also used the donated money, the authorities said, to buy a house and land — not in Atlanta, but where he actually lived, in Toledo, Ohio.

Source: New York Times September 27, 2020 22:41 UTC