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[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Believable but also Oh God Not This Guy Again re: Shaun King what a fucking grifter

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

What'd he do wrong (just some background, many people on Twitter are saying that Shaun's tweets got deleted.)

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Here's one example and not even the first time he did exactly this. The other times were mostly during the BLM protests. While I believe this is true just as Avatar does, Shaun is a well known grifter snake who's run multiple fundraiser scams. I haven't seen him mentioned in years I figured he just retreated from the public eye in shame but I guess he's still trying to pretend to be a legit activist.

Here's a more thorough list of his repeated pattern of scamming and profiting off of police killings of black people.

https://x.com/sasa_ghada/status/1768049449404637287

[–] WhiteRabbit_33@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Short article below, but there are several long form video essays and podcasts about him if you want to know more.

https://www.blackenterprise.com/grifter-or-nah-shaun-king-lives-it-up-in-luxe-jersey-estate-while-begging-for-money-for-his-wife/

[–] miked@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

I can't believe he is still around.