Black Lives Matter Network Disavows Local Organizer After Incendiary Comments

Black Lives Matter Network Disavows Local Organizer After Incendiary Comments
Hawk Newsome of Black Lives Matter Greater New York speaks during a rally in New York City on March 16, 2019. Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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The Black Lives Matter Global Network distanced itself from an organizer of a Black Lives Matter group, claiming the chapter isn’t officially part of the network.

“Hawk Newsome has no relation to the Black Lives Matter Global Network,” the network’s managing director Kailee Scales told the Associated Press late Thursday.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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