Follow the Drama That Unfolds After Black Lives Matter Leader Asks Shaun King About 'Money' Related to Charitable Organization

It was the battle of two prominent Black Lives Matter activists Sunday night after DeRay Mckesson sparred with Shaun King regarding the funding for an activism project.

In a tweet Sunday night, Mckesson, who in the past has been an ardent defender of King in the midst of other controversies, said that King blocked him on the social media site after Mckesson raised questions regarding the funds for Justice Together — an anti-police-brutality group that seems to raise more attention regarding its finances than its actual activism.

During the series of tweets unleashed by Mckesson Sunday night, he said that he has always been King's "biggest defender" but "as a former board member of Justice Together, I didn't know about the money or about the abrupt end."

If you have a question about JusticeTogether, so do I. And so do many of the other board members, even if they're publicly quiet.

— deray mckesson (@deray)

December 13, 2015

.@ShaunKing's reporting has been important to the movement, it has. I'll never deny that. I considered him a friend. But integrity matters.

— deray mckesson (@deray) December 13, 2015

I, too, was shocked when the response to my questions about JusticeTogether's finances and end were met with such hostility by @ShaunKing.

— deray mckesson (@deray) December 13, 2015

.@ShaunKing will attack me, build a website about himself, & write a 10,000 word Facebook post before offering substantive answers.

— deray mckesson (@deray)

December 13, 2015

"Even though [King] through [sic] shade tonight, I don't hate him. I stopped trusting him when Justice Together ended but I don't hate him," Mckesson wrote. "But [King], you have a way of deflecting any questions about your integrity by attacking others, which is what you did tonight."

In response, King posted a series of nine tweets, which have since been deleted as is his form of late, and apologized for "adding to the drama."

"This movement is messy," he said.

"This movement is messy": @ShaunKing responds to @Nettaaaaaaaa and @DeRay pic.twitter.com/IY6BwpPCp4

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 14, 2015

While Mckesson contended that he still considers King a friend, the embattled activist writer did not echo that sentiment.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, King said, "We aren't really partners on this path," in a now-deleted tweet.

In November, a former Justice Together volunteer, Crystal, also unleashed on King as she publicly called him out on Twitter for his "defensive" and "passive aggressive" attitude when asked about the groups funds.

"My main concern is that many people donated to #JusticeTogether under the guise that we were pursuing justice in a nationwide coalition," she said in one tweet. "I no longer believe in [King's] integrity as an Executive Director, and I have little faith that #JusticeTogether will continue."

And on Sunday night, other Black Lives Matter activists joined in the Mckesson versus King social media brouhaha — some with strong language.

Whenever Shaun King is accused of some shady/questionable shit, he writes a fucking manifesto in response to it. Never addressing the issue.

— Brandy with a Y (@BtSquared2) December 13, 2015

When it comes to police brutality... The only King we recognize is Rodney.

— brother nova (@NovaSankofa) December 13, 2015

I personally was done with Shaun when he twitpic'd a photo of Rekia Boyd in her hospital bed. No respect for her or her family.

— Johnetta Elzie (@Nettaaaaaaaa) December 13, 2015

I told SK last month something in the milk ain't clean & critiqued him for silencing BW. He deleted my comment. pic.twitter.com/2OEtcIbl5h

— Bené (@beneviera) December 14, 2015

Shaun King offers an apology ONLY when he loses 1,000 followers in a few hours. That's disgusting

— Ejike [eh-jih-kāy] (@TheNewThinker) December 14, 2015

There are currently only three tweets left on King's account.