Another chapter in the long-running saga of Black Lives Matter corruption came crashing down this week, as federal prosecutors unsealed an explosive indictment against the executive director of the Black Lives Matter chapter in Oklahoma City. The case reads less like a social justice mission and more like a personal enrichment scheme—one that allegedly siphoned more than $3 million meant for activism into luxury travel, real estate, and everyday personal expenses.
According to the Department of Justice, Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, was charged Thursday with 20 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering for allegedly stealing $3.15 million in donor funds over a five-year period, from June 2020 through October 2025. The money was supposed to support a bail fund and social justice programs in the aftermath of the George Floyd riots. Instead, prosecutors say, it bankrolled Dickerson’s lifestyle.
Dickerson has led the Oklahoma City BLM chapter since at least 2016 and served as the public face of the organization while donations poured in during the height of the 2020 unrest. On paper, she reported that the millions raised were used entirely for tax-exempt, charitable purposes. In reality, federal investigators allege, the money took a very different route—straight into her own bank accounts.
The local BLM chapter raised more than $5.6 million through its fiscal sponsor, the Arizona-based Alliance for Global Justice. Under the terms of that arrangement, bail fund grants were explicitly required to be used to post pretrial bail for individuals arrested during racial justice protests. But when those checks came back to the Oklahoma City chapter, prosecutors say Dickerson quietly rerouted the funds to herself.
The indictment details a staggering list of alleged personal expenses. Dickerson is accused of using donor money to fund luxury vacations to Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, spending more than $50,000 on groceries and food deliveries, and blowing “tens of thousands” of dollars on retail shopping sprees. She also allegedly purchased a personal vehicle and acquired six Oklahoma City properties, either in her own name or through an LLC she solely controlled.
Investigators say Dickerson had full access to the chapter’s bank accounts, as well as PayPal and CashApp accounts, giving her near-total control over the money. She allegedly used interstate communications to submit fraudulent annual reports to the Alliance for Global Justice, helping keep the scheme afloat year after year.
Dickerson was arraigned in federal court on Thursday. Shortly afterward, she posted a rambling Facebook video filmed from her car, bizarrely wearing an oxygen mask, in which she claimed she was “fine” and not in custody. She refused to directly address the charges, instead suggesting that accusations like these are simply part of “doing the work.”
“A lot of times when people come at you with these types of things, it’s evidence that you are doing the work,” she said—an explanation that is unlikely to carry much weight in federal court.
She now faces up to 20 years in prison for each wire fraud count and up to 10 years for each money laundering charge, along with massive potential fines.
For critics of the BLM movement, the indictment confirms what many have warned for years: that the organization has functioned less as a force for justice and more as a cash cow for insiders. As everyday Americans donated in good faith, federal prosecutors say at least one BLM leader was busy living large—on their dime.
