By Thomas Lifson
\nAmerican Thinker<\/p>\n
DeRay Mckesson seems to be the man of the hour in the #BlackLivesMatter movement, having just attended a summit<\/a> at the White House, from which he tweeted. \u00a0But he is also living proof of the Astroturf origins of the movement treated so seriously by President Obama.<\/p>\n Ryan Girdusky of The American Mirror<\/a>:<\/p>\n #BlackLivesMatter leader DeRay Mckesson may claim to be leading a grassroots revolution for racial and economic justice, but he has close connections with the privileged and elite.<\/p>\n Mckesson lives in a home owned by philanthropists James and Robin Wood in Baltimore, Maryland.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the same address he used when declaring his residency on his\u00a0campaign committee registration form<\/a>\u00a0for his failed mayoral run in the city\u2019s Democratic primary earlier this year.<\/p>\n The Woods have owned the home since 1996 and are wealthy donors to the Baltimore chapter of George Soros\u2019 Open Society Institute.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n There is no information on what, if any, rent Mckesson pays on his home. \u00a0Interestingly, if you use Google Street View to look at the house, all you see is a leafy drive leading up to a home out of view from the street. \u00a0The sort of house you might expect a philanthropist to own.<\/p>\n Update: Here’s an aerial view (on the right):<\/p>\n Mckesson is not exactly hurting for income:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/admin.americanthinker.com\/images\/bucket\/2016-07\/196829_5_.png\")
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