Pet Project: Race Appropriating BLM Activist Shaun King Used Donor Funds To Buy $40k Thoroughbred Show Dog

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Shaun King's social justice PAC is going to the dogs. Literally.

Grassroots Law PAC, which the progressive grifter founded to elect soft-
on-crime local officials, paid roughly $40,000 since December to the
California-based Potrero Performance Dogs, according to campaign finance
disclosures. The payments are labeled for "contractor services," making
their purpose difficult to discern. But days after a $30,650 payment in
February, King welcomed a "new member of the King family": an award-
winning mastiff bred by Potrero named Marz.

King, who has been hounded for years by allegations of fraud, has not been
accused of any wrongdoing in relation to Grassroots Law. But the payments
for a dog raises questions about whether the former Bernie Sanders
surrogate is using PAC contributions the way donors intended.

"This luxury dog expense may not be illegal for a PAC, but it shows little
respect for King's donors," said Scott Walter, the president of Capital
Research Center, which investigates left-wing groups. An heiress of the
Hormel meatpacking empire is the PAC's largest donor. Facebook cofounder
Dustin Moskovitz and his wife donated millions of dollars to Real Justice
PAC, which King launched in 2018 and works closely with Grassroots Law.

Grassroots Law PAC, which aims to "elect candidates who are committed to
reducing mass incarceration and police violence," has spent nearly as much
on King's pet as it has on political candidates. The PAC has contributed
around $56,000 to political candidates since 2021. It paid $10,000 to
Potrero in December and another $30,650 on Feb. 16.

King has come under fire over the years amid repeated failures at his
various social justice endeavors. The mother of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old
Ohio boy killed by police, said King "robbed" her by holding unauthorized
fundraisers in her son's name. A former King ally, DeRay Mckesson, has
publicly accused him of fraud. Real Justice PAC was ordered in December to
pay $30,000 to the city of Philadelphia for campaign finance violations in
the race to elect District Attorney Larry Krasner (D.).

King has denied allegations of fraud, chalking his failed projects up to
poor management or false claims from his enemies. He released an audit in
2019 that said he received a $4,166 monthly salary from Real Justice PAC
and "no compensation at all" from Action PAC, the predecessor to
Grassroots Law PAC. He said he was "literally the only person" on Action
PAC's staff who does not get paid.

"I have not received a salary or a stipend of any kind for the entire
year," he claimed. "I do it all for free."

While King said Marz would provide "alertness and protection" alongside
duties as a family pet, it appears the thoroughbred is no longer in the
activist's care. Potrero Performance Dogs showed Marz at an American
Kennel Club competition earlier this month, where he won Best in Show. The
breeder said in a social media post this month that Marz was back in its
care because "he's got a little too much energy to be a family dog so he
came back."

Potrero, Grassroots Law, and King's media company did not respond to
requests for comment.

Published under: Corruption, Dogs, Shaun King, Super PACs

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