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Last edited Wed Apr 8, 2015, 03:11 PM - Edit history (2)
Officer Michael Slager, 33, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder for the killing of 50-year-old Walter Scott after video footage surfaced, showing Scott being shot multiple times with his back turned and running away. The video also appears to show Slager planting a taser by Scotts body as evidence the shooting was in self-defense.
GoFundMe confirmed it removed a campaign supporting Slager.
After review by our team, the campaign set up for Officer Slager was removed from GoFundMe due to a violation of our Terms and Conditions, Kelsea Little, GoFundMes public relations manager, told ThinkProgress via email.
Details on exactly which terms and conditions were breached were not disclosed due to privacy protections. GoFundMe can only discuss the details of campaigns with the organizers, Little said.
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The campaign organizer maintains the goal is to make sure Slager has the opportunity to a fair trial.
Ive seen many negative reactions to this fund raiser but remember, Ofc Michael Slager deserves a competent defense no matter what the court of popular opinion says about his actions. This is still America, the crowd-fund organizer said on the IndieGoGo page.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/04/08/3644461/gofundme-rejects-campaign-support-south-carolina-officer-charged-murder/
edited to add: the facebook support page & twitter
https://www.facebook.com/SupportMichaelSlager?_rdr
https://twitter.com/DefendMichaelS
marym625
(17,997 posts)Phentex
(16,334 posts)I really am. I thought for sure this was a given.
Good for GoFundMe!
alarimer
(16,245 posts)The wingnuts will support any cop, no matter what they do.
one_voice
(20,043 posts)marym625
(17,997 posts)They've raised $60
Still $60 too much but good!
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)If a cop killed anyone that wasn't white you can be damn sure the wing nuts will rally to support the cop.
If a white cop killed a white wing nut they'd be split, and I'm not sure which side would get more support.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)herding cats
(19,569 posts)I'm not familiar with the terms and conditions to have a GoFundMe account, but it's good to know there's something there to block this type.
I looked at who these defenders of Slager follow on Twitter. It appears to be the usual RW nuts. No surprises there.
https://twitter.com/DefendMichaelS/following
tridim
(45,358 posts)GoFundMe seems to be getting the message now.