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struggle4progress

(118,228 posts)
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 06:28 PM Feb 2021

"... the Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF) was a relatively small vehicle for assisting people

who needed cash for bail.

MFF’s 2018 tax filing shows it raised only about $100,000 that year. Just weeks after Floyd’s death, it raised an astonishing $35 million, in part because of tweets such as the one by Harris ...

... People who cannot afford to pay the full amount in cash for bail generally must either wait in jail until their trial or borrow money, forfeiting 10 percent of the loan up front.

Some states have moved to eliminate cash bail ..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/03/kamala-harris-tweeted-support-bail-fund-money-didnt-just-assist-protestors/

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"... the Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF) was a relatively small vehicle for assisting people (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2021 OP
That had to do with the killing of George Floyd, and last time I looked there is nothing illegal still_one Feb 2021 #1

still_one

(92,061 posts)
1. That had to do with the killing of George Floyd, and last time I looked there is nothing illegal
Fri Feb 12, 2021, 06:35 PM
Feb 2021

about supporting bail for people

Question has nothing to do with tump’s inciting insurrection



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