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PayPal appears to suspend donations to Council of Conservative Citizens
Source: The Guardian
PayPal appears to suspend donations to group in 'Dylann Roof manifesto'
Attempts to donate to Council of Conservative Citizens, labeled hate group by
activists, are rejected after organization allegedly gets nod from shooting suspect
Alan Yuhas in New York
Saturday 27 June 2015 20.42 BST
The online payment company PayPal appeared on Saturday to have disabled the account of the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC), a rightwing organization that was cited in a manifesto linked to the South Carolina shooting suspect Dylann Roof and has given to prominent Republican politicians.
Attempts to donate to the organization, which Roof apparently credited in an online manifesto with having informed his white supremacist views, result in a message that “this recipient is currently unable to receive money”.
Roof faces charges of murder over the deaths of nine people, all African American, at a Bible study group at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on 17 June.
On Saturday, representatives for PayPal did not immediately respond to questions. A former spokesman for the CofCC, Jared Taylor, said he “had no idea” about the status of the organization’s account.
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Attempts to donate to Council of Conservative Citizens, labeled hate group by
activists, are rejected after organization allegedly gets nod from shooting suspect
Alan Yuhas in New York
Saturday 27 June 2015 20.42 BST
The online payment company PayPal appeared on Saturday to have disabled the account of the Council of Conservative Citizens (CofCC), a rightwing organization that was cited in a manifesto linked to the South Carolina shooting suspect Dylann Roof and has given to prominent Republican politicians.
Attempts to donate to the organization, which Roof apparently credited in an online manifesto with having informed his white supremacist views, result in a message that “this recipient is currently unable to receive money”.
Roof faces charges of murder over the deaths of nine people, all African American, at a Bible study group at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston on 17 June.
On Saturday, representatives for PayPal did not immediately respond to questions. A former spokesman for the CofCC, Jared Taylor, said he “had no idea” about the status of the organization’s account.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/27/charleston-shooting-paypal-dylann-roof-council-conservative-citizens
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