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Home Front: Politix

Event Commemorating Tulsa Race Massacre Canceled After Survivors Demand $1 Million Each to Appear

2021-05-31

[PJ Media] An event to commemorate the 100-year anniversary of the Tulsa race massacre was suddenly canceled after the three surviving victims demanded $1 million to appear and $50 million donated to a reparations fund.

Singer John Legend was to host the event with the keynote address given by Georgia race activist Stacey Abrams. Other events associated with the commemoration will proceed as scheduled and Joe Biden will be in Tulsa on Tuesday.

Attorneys representing the survivors had originally agreed to a $100,000 appearance fee for each survivor and $2 million in reparations. Then, suddenly, attorneys upped the appearance fee to $1 million and seed money for the reparations commission demand to $50 million.
Grifters gotta grift
State Sen. Kevin Matthews, who chairs the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Commission, said, "We raised the money and we were excited the survivors were going to accept these gifts," Matthews said Friday. "Unfortunately, on Sunday they reached out and increased the amount of the $100,000-per-survivor gifts to $1 million, and instead of $2 million, they asked for $50 million — $50 million — in seed money. We could not respond to those demands."

Attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons has a different perception of what happened.

"After months of zero communication and under immense pressure that John Legend and Stacey Abrams may no longer participate if the survivors were not centered, a meeting was scheduled for Saturday," Solomon-Simmons told the AP.

Posted by:Frank G

#8 ^ They thought they were still in 1967.

Posted by: Flaising Omeling6076 2021-05-31 17:34

#7 They were like Dr. Evil, should have demanded $1billion.

Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-05-31 17:09

#6 Down $1... thought Bee

Posted by: Herman Ebberemble5577 2021-05-31 14:50

#5 another shakedown

Jesse Jackson was a piker next to these world class extortionists

Posted by: Jeremiah Borgia4765 2021-05-31 14:44

Posted by: DarthVader 2021-05-31 14:34

#3 Why commemorate race massacres at all? So many more are in the offing. Ask the Black Hammers of Colorado or the armed Wakandans in Tulsa.

Posted by: Dron66046 2021-05-31 13:20

#2 Just another shakedown

Posted by: Rex Mundi 2021-05-31 12:05

#1 100-year survivors? Yeah right.

Posted by: Woodrow 2021-05-31 11:53

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