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Shaun King Trends On Twitter After Samaria Rice Calls Him Out For Fundraising Money In Tamir Rice’s Name

<p data-pm-slice&equals;"0 0 &lbrack;&rsqb;">Shaun King was trending on Twitter early Wednesday&comma; after Samaria Rice let him have it in a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CQcK0Alg9Ka&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;web&lowbar;copy&lowbar;link">lengthy Instagram post<&sol;a>&period; Samaria wrote two paragraphs accusing the well-known activist of robbing her &&num;8220&semi;for the death of &lbrack;her&rsqb; son&&num;8221&semi; by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;activists-deray-mckesson-calls-out-shaun-king-on-twitter-hours-before-the-diamond-ball-for-his-alleged-involvement-in-fraudulent-fundraising-more&sol;">raising money<&sol;a> in Tamir Rice&&num;8217&semi;s name without her permission&period; The post&comma; published Tuesday evening&comma; came after Shaun released an episode for his podcast &&num;8216&semi;The Breakdown With Shaun King&&num;8217&semi; about their conversation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Why do you think it&&num;8217&semi;s so important to tell folks we had a conversation&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Samaria wrote&period; &&num;8220&semi;Well we talked and everything that was said was very toxic and uncomfortable for me to hear that you raised additional money&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Samaria also revealed that she never gave Shaun permission to raise the funds&period; She alleges that his reasoning for not requesting permission or telling her about the fundraising was because he did not want to &&num;8220&semi;bother&&num;8221&semi; her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Along with the United States&comma; you robbed me for the death of my son&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Samaria wrote&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She continues on to accuse Shaun of being a &&num;8220&semi;white man acting black&&num;8221&semi; who cannot be &&num;8220&semi;trusted&period;&&num;8221&semi; Shaun&comma; on the other hand&comma; painted their chat in a completely different light saying it was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;much-needed&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;I learned a lot&comma;&&num;8221&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;thebreakdown&period;thenorthstar&period;com&sol;p&sol;ep-469-i-spoke-to-samaria-rice-this-18a">the podcast description says<&sol;a>&period; &&num;8220&semi;Listened a lot&period; Shared my heart&period; And pledged we would continue to fight to get justice and accountability for Tamir&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As of Wednesday&comma; the episode is not functional on Shaun’s website&comma; The North Star&comma; or available on other streaming platforms like Apple Podcasts&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CQeIkalLlSs&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; 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