Many former supporters of BLM believe that it’s time for Khan-Cullors and the other co-founders to answer basic questions. Hawk Newsome, the head of New York City’s Black Lives Matter chapter, is calling for an independent investigation into BLM’s finances. Khan-Cullors has recently bought four high-end homes worth a total of $3.2 million. Samaria Rice and Lisa Simpson, mothers of the late Tamir Rice and Richard Risher respectively, have called on BLM leaders to step down and “stop monopolizing and capitalizing” on their family tragedies. “We never hired them to be the representatives in the fight for justice for our dead loved ones murdered by the police,” both mothers said in a joint statement. The family of Michael Brown, whose death in a police-involved shooting in Ferguson, Mo., led to a wave of corporate and foundation donations to BLM, says that their local group has received a total of $500 from BLM. “Why hasn’t my family’s foundation received any assistance from the movement?” Brown’s father asks.