GoFundMe pulls page aimed at raising $5M bail for Waukesha Christmas parade suspect

[MichMan]

I hope this James Norton who tried to start the GoFundMe for Darrell Brooks was just trying to be an agitator and wasn't really serious. False Flag ?


GoFundMe pulls page aimed at raising $5M bail for Waukesha Christmas parade suspect, as victim’s cancer diagnosis is revealed after her death

A medical examiner determined that one of the victims, Jane Kulich, was battling uterine cancer, but had not been diagnosed with the disease, CBS News reported.

During a court appearance on Tuesday, Brooks was ordered held on $5 million bail — sparking swift backlash given prosecutors previously admitted Brooks was only able to rip through the parade route after being sprung on an “inappropriately low” bond. At the time of the parade massacre, Brooks was out on $1,000 bail after he was arrested earlier this month for allegedly attempting to run over the mother of his child with his car.

According to screengrabs first shared by Law Enforcement Today, the bail also spawned a fundraising effort on Brooks’ behalf. Set up by a person going by the name, James Norton, the page insisted Brooks was a victim of a “racist” justice system and used hashtags including #RacismIsReal and #BLM.

“On November 21st, 2021 our dear friend Darrell Brooks was arrested for allegedly driving his car into a parade, as someone who knows Darrell personally I can tell you that he would NEVER do such a thing and I know he is innocent of what he was charged with,” Norton wrote, per the screengrabs.

“Clearly there is more to the story the media is not telling us and I am seeking to raise the bail so Darrell can be released and speak his truth to his side of the story in this tragic situation that sees another black man behind bars in a purely political and racist trial.”

A spokesperson for GoFundMe on Wednesday confirmed to FOX Business that the page has since been removed from the platform. The person attempting to raise money for Brooks has also been banned from using GoFundMe for future fundraisers.


[link:https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/gofundme-pulls-page-aimed-at-raising-5m-bail-for-waukesha-christmas-parade-suspect-as-victim-s-cancer-diagnosis-is-revealed/ar-AAR85UL?ocid=msedgntp|

[applegrove]

1. Who the **** does that.

[marble falls]

9. A Republican.

[Woodswalker]

2. Problem is "is it fact"

Today it's hard to decipher truth from underhanded bullshit. And we all know the right is perfectly capable of provocating something just like this.

[MichMan]

3. I hope you are right

Nothing really surprises me anymore though...

[Busterscruggs]

6. If it is

A joke, its incredibly heartless and is a raw wound for the survivors and the families of the victims. I wouldn't put it past a rightwinger to do something like this

[keithbvadu2]

4. Give him a MAGA hat and Tiki torch.

Give him a MAGA hat and Tiki torch.

He'll get the bucks.

???

[AngryOldDem]

5. Glad GoFundMe pulled it and banned this asshole.

EDIT: Am I off-base, though, by being a bit bothered with the story revealing the woman’s cancer?

[localroger]

7. She is dead.

The long-standing standard is that the dead cannot be defamed and have no reputation to besmirch. As with other legal things that can seem odd at times, but it is the standard and you can basically print whatever you want about someone who is deceased.

[Hav]

8. I don't think that person necessarily sympathizes with Brooks

If I would make a guess, I'd say it was intended to be a similar grift like what was done for Rittenhouse. The money for the bail was raised and then posted not in Rittenhouse's name. Now that the case is over, the Trump figures who led the fundraising efforts will get this money back. Trumpists certainly know how to get money from stupid people.

[MichMan]

10. According to the link, funds can now be raised on Rittenhouse's behalf after he was acquitted

The move comes amid controversy for GoFundMe over its previous removal of pages dedicated to raising money for Kyle Rittenhouse, who was recently acquitted of killing two men and wounding a third with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle unrest in Wisconsin last summer. The late-night violence was triggered by the shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old black man who was shot by a white police officer on August 23, 2020.

Now that Rittenhouse has been cleared of all violent charges, a spokesperson said money could now be raised on his behalf through the platform.

“If someone is acquitted of those charges, as Rittenhouse was today, a fundraiser started subsequently for their legal defense and other expenses would not violate this policy,” according to GoFundMe.

“A fundraiser to pay lawyers, cover legal expenses or to help with ongoing living expenses for a person acquitted of those charges could remain active as long as we determine it is not in violation of any of our other terms and, for example, the purpose is clearly stated and the correct beneficiary is added to the fundraiser.”