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Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Black Lives Matter grassroots chapters sue global foundation over funds

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Melina Abdullah, left, of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles, leads a crowd in a protest over the murder of George Floyd, in June 2020. Photograph: Marcio José Sánchez/AP

A coalition of Black Lives Matter chapters has filed a lawsuit against the BLM Global Network Foundation, a non-profit organization that grew out of the protest movement, accusing the foundation of defrauding the local activist groups.

The complaint was filed on Thursday by BLM Grassroots, an entity made up of 26 BLM chapters in the US, UK and Canada.

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