Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City fraud Dickerson.

FILE - The Rev. T. Sheri Dickerson, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter in Oklahoma City, speaks during a rally outside the Stillwater Police Department in Stillwater, Okla., June 3, 2020, to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Oklahoma Black Lives Matter leader indicted for fraud, money laundering

The longtime leader of the Black Lives Matter movement in Oklahoma City has been indicted for fraud and money laundering. Federal prosecutors announced Thursday that 52-year-old Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson was indicted on 20 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering. Prosecutors allege she used millions of dollars in grants on personal expenses like trips, groceries and personal property in her name. Phone and email messages left Thursday with Dickerson were not immediately returned. Court records don’t indicate whether she has retained an attorney. In a live video posted on her Facebook page, Dickerson said she was not in custody and was “fine.”

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