Race Appropriating BLM Activist Vows Revenge After 'Free Beacon' Report on His $40K Show Dog

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There’s an old saying: A hit dog will holler.

That’s what progressive grifter Shaun King appears to be doing following a
Washington Free Beacon report that he used tens of thousands of dollars of
donor money from his social justice PAC to buy a purebred dog. King
defended the purchase in social media posts and vowed to "return the pain
back to those that have hurt my family."

The former Bernie Sanders surrogate embarked on his vengeance tour after
the Free Beacon reported on Monday that Grassroots Law PAC, which King
founded in 2019 to "elect candidates who are committed to reducing mass
incarceration and police violence," paid $40,650 to a California dog
breeder called Potrero Performance Dogs. King said this week he bought
Marz for protection "because literal white supremacists have been coming
to our home."

There is no indication that the PAC’s payment is illegal, but it does
raise questions about whether King’s organization is using its money as
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. The PAC’s payments to Potrero are
among its largest expenditures. The PAC has contributed roughly $60,000 to
political candidates since 2021.

King said that Grassroots Law PAC, which "covers all of [his] security
costs," approved the Marz purchase. He said the expenditure was an
"affordable" option compared to round-the-clock human security guards,
though a recent study found that families with licensed security dogs saw
only a 1.7 percent decrease in property crime.

Grassroots Law obscured the purpose of the payment to Potrero, labeling
the expenditure for "contractor services." King did not disclose that his
PAC paid for Marz when he announced "a new addition to the King family"
back in February. It is unclear why King, who makes money from speaking
gigs, book sales, and his media company, did not pay for the dog out of
his own pocket.

King confirmed he recently returned Marz back to Potrero. It is unclear
whether Potrero issued a refund to King, though Grassroots Law PAC has not
disclosed any refund payments from the breeder. Potrero showed Marz at an
American Kennel Club show last month, where he won Best in Show. It is
unclear whether Marz will be used for stud services, but puppies of Marz’s
breed can fetch thousands of dollars each. Potrero charges $4,800 for its
Italian mastiff puppies and $6,800 for its "advanced training course."

King has been dogged for years by allegations of fraud and financial
mismanagement at his various social justice endeavors, and has also been
the source of violent threats that he now decries. A former ally, DeRay
Mckesson, accused him of taking money from one of his social justice
projects. The mother of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old Ohio boy killed by
police, accused King of stealing from a fundraiser for her son.

King falsely accused a white man of murdering a seven-year-old black girl
in 2018. The man, Robert Cantrell, allegedly received death threats after
King suggested he was connected to the murder and called him a "racist,
violent asshole." Cantrell’s niece said their family had received threats
to "rape, torture and murder the women and children in your family."
Cantrell committed suicide several months later. Two other men were
sentenced to prison this year for the girl’s murder.

Published under: Black Lives Matter, Corruption, Dogs, Shaun King, Super
PACs

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beacon-report-on-his-40k-show-dog/