It was only a matter of time. One of the most notorious faces of the Black Lives Matter movement, Monica Cannon-Grant, has officially agreed to plead guilty to a laundry list of fraud charges after years of living large off donations meant for “racial equity.” True to form, instead of expressing remorse, Cannon-Grant hurled vulgar insults at reporters who dared question her.
Cannon-Grant, who launched her now-defunct nonprofit *Violence in Boston* during the George Floyd riots, raked in donations from celebrities, corporations, and politicians eager to virtue-signal. But federal prosecutors say she and her late husband, Clark Grant, siphoned off tens of thousands of dollars in charitable contributions and COVID relief funds to bankroll their personal lifestyles — not to uplift communities in need.
The charges, originally brought in 2022, read like a handbook of corruption. Cannon-Grant faced 27 counts, including wire fraud, mail fraud, conspiracy, lying on mortgage applications, and tax violations. She even pocketed \$100,000 in Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, all while also defrauding the City of Boston out of nearly $54,000 in COVID aid. That taxpayer money, meant to help struggling families, was instead spent on her car loans, auto insurance, rent, vacations, and even trips to the nail salon.
In other words, the “racial justice” crusader was living the high life off the backs of unsuspecting donors and hardworking taxpayers.
When confronted by the *Daily Mail* about her fraud and her guilty plea, Cannon-Grant didn’t apologize. Instead, she fired off a crude email dripping with entitlement and rage: “Respectfully F**k You!” she wrote, adding, “You wasn’t reaching out or interested in my side of the story when I caught this case 4 1/2 years ago and you wasn’t reaching out when my deceased husband was murdered so yeah f**k you.”
This meltdown only reinforced what critics have long argued: Cannon-Grant built her career not on uplifting communities, but on anger, race-baiting, and grift.
Journalist Aidan Kearney, who first exposed her nonprofit fraud years ago, celebrated her downfall. “Exposing Monica Cannon-Grant took several years. I knew her non-profit was fraudulent and that she was grifting off the BLM movement,” Kearney posted on X. He noted how powerful figures in Massachusetts politics — including Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Joe Kennedy, former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, and even the Boston Celtics and Bruins — boosted Cannon-Grant while ignoring mounting evidence of corruption.
“They promoted her and provided cover for her,” Kearney added. “Monica was vile, racist, and disgusting. And my journalism in exposing her non-profit fraud is the reason the feds began investigating her.”
Cannon-Grant long claimed she would beat the charges in court. But last Friday, she admitted defeat, notifying a federal judge that she will plead guilty. Her sentencing is expected in the coming months.
For conservatives, her downfall is no surprise. BLM Inc. has been plagued with allegations of corruption since its inception — from multimillion-dollar mansions to shady bookkeeping. Cannon-Grant is simply the latest reminder that the movement was less about justice and more about enriching activists who cashed in on chaos.
The left’s political darlings turned out to be fraudsters. And the communities they claimed to represent are left with nothing but broken promises.
