Leaders of Black Lives Matter have come under fire after purchasing a $6 million southern California house with cash donated to the foundation.

The 6,500-square-foot building known among BLM leaders as “Campus” was purchased October 2020, New York Magazine reported. 

Three social justice figures — Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Melina Abdullah — were part of a video filmed outside the “secretly bought” property to commemorate the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death.

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The video, which has been taken down, allegedly showed the women discussing about activism and their individual struggles.

“For me, the hardest moments have been the right-wing-media machine just leveraging literally all its weight against me, against our movement, against BLM the organization,” said Cullors in the video according to the report. “I’m some weeks out now from a lot of the noise, so I have more perspective, right? While I was in it, I was in survival mode.”

The house in the backdrop of the video boasts multiple bedrooms and bathrooms, fireplaces, a soundstage, a pool, and parking for more than 20 cars. According to the New York Magazine, the property was obtained by a man named Dyane Pascall two weeks after the organization received $66.5 million from its fiscal sponsor.

In a statement to the New York Magazine, board member Shalomyah Bowers claimed the property was purchased “with the intention for it to serve as housing and studio space for recipients of the Black Joy Creators Fellowship.” The organization “always planned” to publicly disclose the purchase of the home, Bowers said, adding that the personal residence of any person. 

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The California home, which is now under scrutiny, isn’t the only expensive Black Lives Matter property. BLM Canada announced in 2021 that they were buying a mansion in Toronto that will be used as a Black community center. Public records listed the purchase included $6.3 million paid to a nonprofit set up by people including Janaya Khan, who is married to Cullors.