1. Jeffery Shaun King was born on September 17,1979 and is an American writer and activist.
41 Facts About Shaun King
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In 2018, Shaun King co-founded the Real Justice PAC and launched the website The North Star in 2019.
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On numerous occasions, Shaun King has faced accusations of fiscal mismanagement and of raising money from donors that does not reach its intended recipients.
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In 2023, Shaun King was involved in further controversy when he falsely claimed to have worked behind the scenes with Hamas and Qatar to secure the release of Israeli hostages during the Gaza war; the family of the released hostages said that he had "lied" and "fabricated his involvement".
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Jeffery Shaun King was born in Franklin, Kentucky and raised in Versailles, Kentucky.
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Shaun King attended Huntertown Elementary School and Woodford County High School.
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Shaun King has stated that he was the victim of racism and hate crimes while growing up in Kentucky.
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Shaun King told reporters of a time that a pickup truck full of youths attempted to run him over with the vehicle on school property.
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Shaun King recalls that, after reporting the incident to school authorities, the youths were protected rather than punished.
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Shaun King later said that a second assault occurred, wherein "a dozen self-described 'rednecks'" beat him, and claimed the injuries caused him to miss a portion of two years of high school due to multiple spinal surgeries.
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Shaun King characterized the assault as a racially motivated hate crime.
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Shaun King attended Morehouse College, a private, historically black men's college in Atlanta, Georgia, where he majored in history.
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In 1999, Shaun King was elected president of the student government association.
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In 2018, Shaun King earned a master's degree in history from Arizona State University.
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Shaun King left teaching and worked as a pastor at Total Grace Christian Center in DeKalb County, Georgia.
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Shaun King relates that he had been inspired to become a pastor when he was in high school; while Shaun King was recovering from injuries after an assault, he was regularly visited by his best friend's father, who was a pastor.
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Shaun King made use of social media to recruit new members and was known as the "Facebook Pastor".
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In 2012, Shaun King resigned from the Courageous Church, citing personal stress and disillusionment.
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Shaun King has written extensively about his experiences as a biracial person, as well as the Black Lives Matter movement, which gained prominence during the events that followed the shooting of Michael Brown.
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Shaun King wrote an article analyzing the Brown crime scene, and argued that the evidence suggested that officer Darren Wilson's life was not in danger during the shooting.
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Shaun King became a contributing blogger for the politically liberal website, the Daily Kos, in September 2014.
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On October 2,2015, Shaun King joined the New York Daily News as a senior justice writer, where he focused on reporting and providing commentary on social justice, police brutality and race relations.
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On December 28,2016, Cenk Uygur announced that Shaun King had been hired as a political commentator for The Young Turks.
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Shaun King unilaterally disbanded the organization in the fall of 2016 to the surprise of many of the group's members.
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In September 2016, Shaun King proposed an Injustice Boycott for December of that year.
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In 2018, Shaun King co-founded Real Justice PAC, a political action committee to help elect prosecutors who support criminal justice reform at the county and city levels.
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The trooper had arrested Dixon-Cole for drunk driving, and King based his accusation on statements she and her family made to King and Philadelphia-based lawyer S Lee Merritt.
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Shaun King deleted his social media posts after the body-cam video was released.
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On December 30,2018, seven-year-old Jazmine Barnes was killed in a drive-by shooting in Houston at 7 am On Twitter, Shaun King offered a $25,000 reward for information that could help identify the shooter.
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Police credited Shaun King with providing a tip that helped lead them to suspect Eric Black Jr.
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Shaun King has repeatedly faced accusations from colleagues and fellow activists of raising money for unclear purposes, or overpromising results from fundraising.
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In 2011, Shaun King asked for donations to him online to climb the Seven Summits, but abandoned the effort only a few days into training.
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Shaun King has raised money for multiple causes incidents where the Black Lives Matter movement has been involved, including the shooting of Tamir Rice.
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Shaun King has been accused of raising funds for causes that were never received by those he was fundraising for, including at Justice Together after Shaun King abruptly closed the organization.
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On September 12,2019, Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson wrote a lengthy article raising multiple concerns in regards to Shaun King, especially related to fundraising.
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Shaun King wrote an editorial explaining the purpose of taking legal action and addressed some specific critiques levied against him.
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In June 2020, Shaun King tweeted that statue, murals, and stained-glass windows depicting a white Jesus should be removed.
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Shaun King left the Democratic Party after the 2016 election, alleging corruption and lack of neutrality during the 2016 primaries.
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In 2018, Shaun King expressed disdain for Kamala Harris and said he did not intend to support her or Joe Biden in the 2020 Democratic primaries due to their positions on criminal justice.
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Shaun King is married and has five children; three of his children were conceived with his wife and two were adopted.
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Shaun King has had foster children, nieces, and nephews living with him.