Shaun King was a public figure in the wake the Ferguson riots. He also led the fights for race that culminated into our present Black Lives Matter-infused racist landscape. Conservatives saw King as a liar from the beginning. His credibility in the general public began to hit the skids when the Rachel Dolezal controversy brought a lot of questions about King’s own racial identity.
King is known to have been a liar since the beginning. Social justice activist DeRay McKesson, once an activist partner of King’s organization, wrote a scathing blog post about King, accusing the troubled activist of unethical behavior, “bullying,” and a lack of transparency with organization funds.
Tamir Rice’s mother, Samaria Rice, blasted King as a thief and a liar when she discovered he raised funds using her son’s death as a call to action. King and the money he raised did not help her or her family.
“Well we talked and everything that was said was very toxic and uncomfortable for me to hear that you raised additional money and then say you did not want to bother me. Personally I don’t understand how you sleep at night,” she wrote.
“I never gave you permission to raise nothing,” Rice went on. “Along with the united states, you robbed me for the death of my son.”
Despite all the critics and accusations made by some of the most reliable people in the race grievance sector, King still managed to raise funds. It appears he’s used that money to make some very important purchases in the fight against racial injustice. Marz and his family purchased a Mastiff Mastiff Mastiff, valued at $40,000 as one of those important purchases.
King’s PAC, Grassroots Law, has handed over the sum in a pair of payments to Potrero Performance Dogs in California since December, the Washington Free Beacon reported. In December Protero was paid $10,000, and in February, a payment of $30,650.
Days after the second payment, King posted on Facebook about welcoming a “new member of the King family,” a Mastiff and prize show dog named Marz.
In a long-winded Instagram post, King claimed he needed the dog to defend his family against “white supremacists,” complaining that gun laws made it impossible for him to procure a weapon for self-defense.
I have to say some things that I’ve worked hard to keep private for the safety and security of my family. This is why my family needs both a guard dog at their home and 24/7 security everywhere we travel.
White supremacists and people who’ve meant my family harm have now shown up to our last three homes. Multiple times.
Before you talk about how I should defend myself with guns, New York City won’t even allow me to have a gun. New Jersey doesn’t have stand your ground laws and hardly allows you to even own guns. Our home was shown online by news outlets, and strangers have since arrived at our house.
Alfred, my Bull Mastiff, passed away in December 2009. I am the ex-owner of Alfred. They’re really not great guard dogs outside of the fact that they look threatening. Many people choose to invest in Mastiffs that are pure-bred Mastiffs. They’re beautiful and affectionate family dogs. I’m going to assume most Mastiff owners don’t purchase their furry loved ones with the charitable donations of those concerned about racial injustice and brutality.
It all went to naught. The King family apparently sent the dog back to the breeder, citing “too much energy” for their particular situation.
Marz’s stay with the King family was not long-lived, however, as Protero posted Instagram photos of the dog winning top prize at an American Kennel Club competition in July. Protero explained in an earlier Instagram post that Marz has “a little too much energy to be a family dog so he came back.”
The white supremacists seem to have the window open now, I suppose.
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