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She's known as the controversial figure who resigned from the Black Lives Matter organization under a cloud of scandal.
But last week, BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors went virtually undetected as she was seen patiently waiting at the deli counter for her sandwich at high-end supermarket Gelson's in Calabasas.
As these exclusive candid DailyMail.com photos show, the activist, 40, is now living a low-key, comfortable life in Los Angeles, despite previously claiming she was forced to hire security and drivers for her own safety.
Cullors, who was accompanied by her young son, was makeup-free and dressed down in a flowy pink Adidas poncho and Crocs for the grocery shopping trip.
BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors was spotted tucking into her lunch during a grocery shopping trip in Calabasas last week
Exclusive DailyMail.com photos show the 40-year-old activist shopping at high-end supermarket Gelson's last Wednesday
Cullors, who was accompanied by her son, was makeup-free and dressed down in a shapeless pink Adidas poncho and Crocs
At one point, the mom and son duo grabbed a table at Gelson's outdoor dining area to eat a late lunch
She appeared to know the store well, navigating her shopping cart up and down the aisles as the boy clung on with one hand.
After picking up groceries, the mom and son duo grabbed a table outside the market to eat a late lunch, with Cullors opting for a sandwich.
The two later packed up and headed to their car with their grocery bags, but were briefly held up after the boy left his iPhone at the table and had to go retrieve it.
The protective mother could be seen standing in the middle of the parking lot and overheard telling her son to use caution and 'look both ways' as he made his way back to the car.
Cullors distinctive mole on her forehead, as well as her various tattoos, including the 'line' tattoo that runs from her chin to her chest and ends with the numbers '818', were visible during the outing.
She was also wearing the same nose ring she has been seen flaunting on recent Instagram posts.
After lunch, the two were seen heading to the car, but were briefly held up after her son left his iPhone at the table
The doting mom was overheard telling the boy to use caution and 'look both ways' as he made his way back to the parking lot
Cullors appears to be living a low-key – but comfortable – lifestyle three years after stepping down from the BLM organization in a cloud of scandal
Despite the controversy, the social justice activist and self-proclaimed Marxist enjoyed the upscale supermarket known for its celebrity clientele
Cullors went pretty much unrecognized during her trip to the grocery store last Wednesday
But during Wednesday's outing Cullors was just another shopper, not the self-proclaimed police and prison abolitionist who fueled the BLM movement around the world at its peak in 2020.
Ironically, that same year, the Gelson's supermarket location in Calabasas, was one of several local businesses that were forced to board up windows during the 'mostly peaceful' protests and riots of the last presidential election.
Ironically, the Gelson's supermarket location in Calabasas had been forced to board up its windows during the 'mostly peaceful' protests in 2020
It sits in an affluent community where the whites make up some 74 percent of the population.
Cullors, her son, and fellow social activist wife Janaya Khan live in a $1.4million home in nearby Topanga Canyon – an area known as LA's 'hippy enclave'.
The barn-style home has undergone multiple renovation works since she purchased the property in cash in March 2021.
Months later DailyMail.com revealed the couple had installed a $35,000 wooden fence and electric gate around the compound over safety concerns.
The BLM organization became one of the largest and most influential political and social justice groups in the country – and the world – after garnering widespread attention and support in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Cullors, her son, and fellow social activist wife Janaya Khan live in a $1.4million home innearby Topanga Canyon – an area known as LA's 'hippy enclave'
BLM founders (from left) Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi are pictured on the red carpet at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards in Hollywood in 2016
In 2021, DailyMail.com revealed Cullors had added an $35,000 electronic gate at her driveway over safety concerns
Just a year after Floyd's death, Cullors stepped down as executive director, weeks after it was revealed she had amassed an impressive range of property investments, despite describing herself as a Marxist.
At the time reports revealed Cullors owned four residential properties in upscale – and predominantly white – neighborhoods in California and Georgia with a total value of more than $3million.
Cullors defended the real estate portfolio and dubbed any attack on her 'right-wing bullying'.
She has said that her various homes were purchased from the financial windfall of her speaking and book deals and not from the $90million donations raised by BLM in 2020.
Cullors established Black Lives Matter with co-founders Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi in 2013.
Back in May of 2022, pregnant Candace Owens showed up at the gate of Cullors's home with a camera crew to get a comment on her real estate portfolio that was making the news.
Owens was only able to speak to a staffer at the gate. Cullors claimed she was being bullied and harassed by Owens and living in fear.
Two years later she appears to have overcome her fears and is going out doing normal mom things like grocery shopping.
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