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VIDEO: BLM Leader Caught Beating Woman In Office Dispute
Newly surfaced surveillance video shows a Black Lives Matter executive in Illinois brawling with a female staffer inside a resource center after she accused him of gambling away group funds, a wild office blowup that left both with injuries but no criminal charges.
The footage shows Clyde McLemore, executive director for Black Lives Matter in Lake County, fighting with project manager Nyesha Hill beneath a large BLM banner in the corridor of a Waukegan resource center. The clip, shared by Lake and McHenry County Scanner, captures the two flailing and grappling in close quarters as the confrontation turns physical.
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Black Lives Matter Illinois founder Clyde McLemore exposed on video MERCILESSLY BEATING one of his female employees
This same employee caught him embezzling grant funds
THIS IS BLM!
It’s run by TRASH and is a CRIMINAL organization.pic.twitter.com/yIr1b3nnDJ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) March 3, 2026
In the video, Hill appears to gain the upper hand. She twice throws McLemore to the floor and holds him down as he squirms and tries to get back up. McLemore is seen wearing a BLM hoodie during the scuffle.
The fight happened in October, but the video surfaced during a police investigation opened in January after officers received a call about an alleged battery, according to the outlet.
A police report obtained by Lake and McHenry County Scanner said the dispute erupted after Hill charged into the office demanding money and cigarettes while accusing McLemore of using BLM funds to fuel gambling.
“I told him, ‘It’s not fair that I come here and I work and you running around taking care of other things that don’t got nothing to do with Black Lives Matter with Black Lives Matter money,’” Hill later told officers. “I’m the one that make this joint work.”
Both Hill and McLemore suffered lip injuries, police said. But neither wanted to press charges.
Hill told officers she didn’t “want to see a black man in jail,” the report said.
McLemore declined to comment on the altercation, but police said he obtained an emergency no-contact order.
The footage and report are the latest reminder that the most dramatic conflict around activist organizations isn’t always on the street or on social media, sometimes it’s inside the office, over money, control and accusations of misuse.
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