BLM OKC leader indicted for $3.15M fraud
Federal prosecutors unsealed a 25‑count indictment on Dec. 11, 2025 charging Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, executive director of Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City, with 20 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering for allegedly diverting at least $3.15 million in returned bail checks into her personal accounts from June 2020 to October 2025. DOJ says BLM OKC raised more than $5.6 million via grants routed through fiscal sponsor Alliance for Global Justice and alleges Dickerson used the funds for personal travel, shopping, food deliveries, a vehicle, and six properties while filing misleading reports to AFGJ.
📌 Key Facts
- Grand jury returned the indictment Dec. 3; it was unsealed Dec. 11, 2025.
- Alleged diversion: at least $3.15 million from returned bail checks into personal accounts.
- Charges: 20 wire fraud counts (up to 20 years each) and 5 money‑laundering counts (up to 10 years each).
- BLM OKC raised $5.6 million beginning in 2020, with grants from Community Justice Exchange, Massachusetts Bail Fund, and Minnesota Freedom Fund via AFGJ.
- Prosecutors allege false annual reports to AFGJ that concealed personal use of funds.
📊 Relevant Data
In Oklahoma County, Black people constituted 44% of the jail population in 2022, despite making up 16% of the county's general population.
Racial disparity persists at Oklahoma County jail, analyst says — The Oklahoman
In Oklahoma City, Black people make up 14% of the population but accounted for 40% of people arrested between 2013 and 2023.
Police Scorecard: Oklahoma City, OK — Police Scorecard
Black people in Oklahoma City were 4.2 times more likely to be arrested for low-level, non-violent offenses than White people between 2013 and 2023.
Police Scorecard: Oklahoma City, OK — Police Scorecard
In Oklahoma, Black people were 50.8% of arrestees for robbery in 2020, compared to 7.9% of the state population.
Crime in Oklahoma 2020 — Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
In Oklahoma, Black people were 46.6% of arrestees for murder in 2020, compared to 7.9% of the state population.
Crime in Oklahoma 2020 — Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation