Pat got the money to file his frivolous suit because we uhhhfended two elitist arrogant white women - ex-President Cat Rambo and President (at the time) Mary Robinette-Kowal. They felt personally attacked, wanted revenge on a personal level, and likely influenced the Grievance Committee through emotional compliance.
Essentially presenting the argument as having only two outcomes - stand by innocent writers who did nothing wrong, or stand by evil Nazi incel trolls. Framing the narrative in such an emotional way that any logical counterpoint - okay the trolls are shitty people but suing anonymous internet trolls is a fruitless endeavor - would face shame and exclusion from the group. It's easy to get you to vote my way if I hold a proverbial gun to your head.
We haven't attacked any POC authors of the SFWA. What happened was a tale that's happened many times before - arrogant power-hungry whites achieve power, then seek to serve themselves first and foremost. The CEO lays off 20% of workers and gives themselves a nice eight-figure bonus, and the SFWA Presidents use community money to chase shadows that "disrespected" them.