Posted on 02/24/2023 11:53:33 PM PST by Morgana
Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly - who is charged with murdering a Mexican migrant by shooting him dead on his land last month - was released from custody Thursday on a $1million surety bond secured by his ranch.
Family members for Kelly, 73, have been able to raise over $350,000 on GiveSendGo, a Christian alternative to GoFundMe after the mainstream crowdfunder took pages Kelly's pages down.
Kelly was in custody on a single murder charge for shooting Gabriel Cuen-Butimea, on January 30.
He told police and border patrol agents that he fired warning shots when he saw Cuen-Butimea and at least eight other Mexican men running through his land.
The 73-year-old says he believed they were drug runners, and wanted to scare them away, but took care not to shoot at them directly.
In court Wednesday, a judge agreed to convert Kelly's $1million cash bond to a surety bond, which will allow him to use his 170-acre ranch to get out after nearly a month in custody.
He will be backed to the tune of several hundred thousand dollars thanks to GiveSendGo, which first rose to prominence when it allowed people to help the Canadian trucker protest.
Much like that case, Kelly's is one where GoFundMe has not allowed fundraisers for the 73-year-old on the platform.
'GoFundMe's Terms of Service explicitly prohibit campaigns that raise money to cover the legal defense of anyone formally charged with an alleged violent crime. Consistent with this long-standing policy, any fundraising campaigns for the legal defense of someone charged with murder are removed from our platform,' a spokesperson told Fox News.
'Donors who contributed to the fundraising campaigns for George Alan Kelly's legal expenses have been fully refunded.'
GiveSendGo co-founder Heather Wilson told Fox that this was exactly why her platform exists.
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good. finally one of our many political prisoners is freed. i which the J6 prisoners could be freed, too.
The government is the enemy. We can not ignore this fact.
Typical DM headline. He’s charged with murder for shooting dead Mexican on his property.
If the Mexican was dead who cares if he shot him.
Exactly, save the ammo for the live ones. Headline writer needs a remedial English course,
Friggin’ GoFundMe. What a racket. I wouldn’t send a penny to that bunch.
I feel so angry. God have mercy upon this man!!
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