Posted on 06/02/2020 2:35:45 PM PDT by Nero Germanicus
The killing of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer who kneeled directly on his neck has angered the US.
The tape that captured the event horrified Floyd's family, his brother Philonise Floyd wrote in a GoFundMe he established five days ago.
Floyd died in Minneapolis, but the family is originally from Houston. Philonise Floyd was hoping to raise $1.5 million to pay for the family's considerable legal and travel expenses as well as to help support and educate Floyd's children. Philonise Floyd says that 100% of the money collected will go to the family and that it is being managed by the family's law firm.
With the global attention, including a shout-out to the fund by former President Barack Obama, the GoFundMe has quickly ratcheted up into the millions. As of this writing, the fund had raised just shy of $9 million and was climbing by the minute.
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That can buy a lot of meth and opioids.
Money can sure help when your drug-fueled, counterfeit passing son is horribly taken from you.
Chump change compared to what the wrongful death suit will being.
Blood money.
Oh FFS. and i hate gofundme.
Wow, that’s weird. Why was post #2 removed, because Flynn’s GoFundMe account was mentioned? There was absolutely nothing offensive about it.
FR must be using the same censors as twitter.
Is this tax exempt?
suckers.
A fool and his money…
If I ever have cancer Ima going to get the popo to kill me so my family can get a millions cash haul. I am even willing to shoot up fentanyl and meth to pull this off.
Death comes to us all, so why not go out in a blaze of glory, and I want a 10 million dollar “Fund Me” Viking send off like this jamoke.
How many lawyers will take a cut of this blood money?
Average donation is $25. 397,600 donors.
mo money,mo money,mo money!!
“”” Philonise Floyd was hoping to raise $1.5 million to pay for the family’s considerable legal and travel expenses as well as to help support and educate Floyd’s children.”””
Not sure why the family will have any legal expenses. Most trial lawyers take on these wrongful death lawsuits on a commission basis—if the lawyer wins, the lawyer gets a big percent.
Yes they have kind of used up my give a shot.
>>suckers.
You got that right.
>>If I ever have cancer Ima going to get the popo to kill me so my family can get a millions cash haul.
That only works if you are black.
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