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  • Minnesota nonprofit with $35M bails out those accused of violent crimes

    08/10/2020 7:34:34 PM PDT · by bitt · 19 replies
    fox9.com ^ | 8/9/2020 | TOM LYDEN
    A Minnesota nonprofit has bailed out defendants from Twin Cities jails charged with murder, violent felonies, and sex crimes, as it seeks to address a system that disproportionately incarcerates Black people and people of color. And it has plenty of money to do it. The Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF) received $35 million in donations in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, with many of those donations intended to help protesters who were jailed during the demonstrations and riots in May. The group’s mission was celebrated on social media with praise from Hollywood celebrities, like Steve Carell, Cynthia...