OAN Staff Katherine Mosack
8:40 AM – Friday, December 12, 2025
A federal grand jury has indicted the leader of Black Lives Matter in Oklahoma City on allegations of spending millions of dollars in grant funds on groceries, international trips, and personal real estate.
Prosecutors announced on Thursday that Tashella Sheri Amore Dickerson, 52, was indicted earlier this month. Court records show that she faces 20 counts of wire fraud and five counts of money laundering.
In a live video on her Facebook page on Thursday, Dickerson assured followers she was okay.
“I cannot make an official comment about what transpired today,” she said. “I am home. I am safe. I have confidence in our team.”
Advertisement“A lot of times when people come at you with these types of things … it’s evidence that you are doing the work,” she continued. “That is what I’m standing on.”
Dickerson served as the executive director of Black Lives Matter OKC since at least 2016, according to the 28-page indictment.
The organization took charitable donations through its affiliation with Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ), a 501c3 nonprofit. Its website has four pages: “About,” “Take Action,” “Events” (which only features the March for Black Lives in June 2019), and “Donate.”
BLM OKC raised over $5.6 million dating back to 2020, mostly comprised of online donations and national bail funds that were meant to post bail for individuals believed to be arrested due to racial injustice after the death of George Floyd in 2020, according to the indictment.
The 25-count indictment alleges that Dickerson embezzled at least $3.15 million from returned bail checks into personal bank accounts. According to a statement from the Department of Justice (DOJ), she then allegedly used the money to pay for trips to Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, retail shopping, at least $50,000 in food and grocery deliveries for herself and her children, a personal vehicle, and six properties in Oklahoma City, which are all deeded to her or to her company, Equity International LLC.
Prosecutors also claim that she submitted two annual reports to AFGJ that falsely claimed the funds were used only for tax-exempt purposes.
Dickerson could face up to 20 years in federal prison and a fine of up to $250,000 for each wire fraud count, while each money-laundering charge may earn her up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
It is unclear when Dickerson will make her first appearance in court.
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