After reaching $433,000, donations for Ferguson cop halt mysteriously

[n2doc]

After raising more than $400,000 for the police officer who killed an unarmed black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Mo., two online donation pages appear to have been shut down by their organizers without explanation this weekend.

On the crowdsourced fundraising site GoFundMe, "Support Officer Darren Wilson" and "Support Officer Wilson" -- two separate pages with similar names -- have raised $235,750 and $197,620, respectively, for the Ferguson police officer who shot Michael Brown on Aug. 9.

A similar page for Brown's family, run by the family's attorney, Benjamin Crump, had raised $314,099 as of Sunday afternoon.

The shooting triggered weeks of unrest and demonstrations against the overwhelmingly white police force in mostly black Ferguson, sending Wilson into hiding as local and federal investigations seek to determine whether he wrongfully killed Brown.

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http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ferguson-officer-fundraisers-20140831-story.html

[drray23]

1. blood money

Thats what it is. Really disgusting. This guy is laughing all the way to the bank. Since he has not even been arrested he could just pocket the money and skip town, with seed money to start elsewhere.
I really hope that the feds will actually do something.

[Dawson Leery]

2. +1

[FreakinDJ]

7. Not advised "Holding your breath waiting for the Feds to actually do some thing"

they have repeatedly condoned this shit time and time again

[sheshe2]

3. Shield of Hope?

"Support Officer Wilson," which raised $197,620, is run by a St. Louis police charity called "Shield of Hope,"

Shield of Hope my ass!





Thanks for the thread n2doc...maybe, maybe these fundraisers caught a whiff of something unpleasant and pulled the plug.

[Cha]

4. Hmmm? thanks n2doc

Justice For Michael Brown

[Fred Sanders]

5. His attorney raising money.....for attorney fees....is that even legal?

[onecaliberal]

6. The money is FOR the family.

[Fred Sanders]

8. Oh, so to give to the attorney later on, got it.

[onecaliberal]

11. You have no idea what you're talking about.

[Savannahmann]

9. Well, we know how many racists there are.

And how much money they have to support their brethren. I posted this thread from the SPLC some time ago.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025408238

[Downwinder]

10. Don't suppose Bobby Thompson is running the anonymous fund?