Woke capital is perhaps the least visible and most dangerous iteration of wokeness that has pervaded the nation’s institutions, and the right has a daring strategy to take it on — do the same thing that has failed time after time against Big Tech.
Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of second- and third-degree murder, as well as second-degree manslaughter after kneeling on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes.
The foundation started by organizers of the Black Lives Matter movement is still worth tens of millions of dollars, after spending more than $37 million on grants, real estate, consultants, and other expenses, according to tax documents filed with the IRS.
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors hosted at least two personal parties at the group's $6 million Los Angeles mansion in early 2021, the embattled activist has said.
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is appealing his murder conviction on the grounds that the jury was swayed by publicity and protesters.