South Fulton, Georgia Mayor Khalid Kamau — who once went by the name Mayor Khalid but apparently goes by the name Mayor Kobi now — likes to tell people he’s “America’s first Black Lives Matter organizer elected to public office.” It’s even a part of his official bio on the city’s website, complete with a hashtag, odd lowercase spelling, and somewhat racist mission statement:
America’s first #BlackLivesMatter organizer elected to public office, Mayor khalid (pronounced cuh-LEED) is leading a generation of young activists from protests to politics. This self-proclaimed Elected Activist has been featured by CBS, The Nation, Jacobin, Governing Magazine and other national media.
With a population that is 92 percent African-American, South Fulton, Georgia is now the blackest big city in America. khalid is a mission to make America’s Blackest City Black. On Purpose — which means a city that is not just unapologetic about its demographics, but moving on purpose to be a laboratory for economic, housing and restorative justice policies aimed at improving the lives of African Americans.
Of course, we all know by now that BLM leaders are the griftiest of grifters, and if the accusations prove correct, Kamau is following in their footsteps. But rather than donations, he’s doing it with public funds. Specifically, he’s doing it with $26,000 worth of public funds.
Members of the public in South Fulton, along with City Councilwoman Helen Willis, believe Kamau used a city-issued card to make what appears to be thousands of dollars of personal purchases between October and December 2024. According to WSB-TV, he used the card for multiple Amazon purchases, a $1,300 drone, and travel expenses, including over $5,000 in airplane tickets. Most notably, Kamau spent 20 days in Ghana in December — what’s with all these majors going to Ghana lately? — and it’s believed that he may have used taxpayer money to fund the trip.
Some of the mayor’s trip has been documented on Instagram.
Hellbound and Down 