Newly surfaced surveillance footage shows a Black Lives Matter executive in Illinois engaged in a physical altercation with a female staffer inside a resource center after she accused him of gambling away group funds.
The clip shows Clyde McLemore, executive director for Black Lives Matter in Lake County, grappling with project manager Nyesha Hill under a large BLM banner in a Waukegan resource center corridor.
🚨 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 pins him as he struggles to get up.
McLemore is seen wearing a BLM hoodie during the confrontation.
The altercation took place in October, but the footage emerged during a police investigation opened in January after officers received a call about an alleged battery.
A police report obtained by Lake and McHenry County Scanner said the dispute began after Hill burst 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 the police report highlight that dramatic conflicts around activist groups can erupt inside offices over money, control and accusations of misuse.
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