Freddie Gray: GoFundMe page for police officers charged with death deleted after 40 minutes

[Judi Lynn]

Source: International Business Times

Freddie Gray: GoFundMe page for police officers charged with death deleted after 40 minutes

By Taku Dzimwasha
May 2, 2015 17:21 BST

A fundraising page set up by Baltimore's police union to raise money for the six officers arrested in connection to Freddie Gray's death has been taken down 40 minutes after being launched.

GoFundMe.com said it has taken down the fundraising campaign because it violates the website's policies.

The Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police created the page on Friday in an effort to create a defence fund for their officers involved in the case, but it was swiftly removed because according to the company, "funds cannot be used for people accused of serious crimes".

The page had reportedly raised around $1,000 before it was deleted, the Daily Mail reported.


Read more: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/freddie-gray-gofundme-page-police-officers-charged-death-deleted-after-40-minutes-1499448

[malthaussen]

1. So where was Zimmermann's account?

GoFundMe has done this before, though. The idiots will have to find a more sympathetic site.

-- Mal

[yeoman6987]

2. Nutz! First of all, none of the six have to pay legal fees out of pocket

They are suspended so they may be paid and third they are alleged murderers who do not degree the funding. Good for Go Fund Me.

[Jackpine Radical]

11. I spoze now they'll have to seize somebody's property

to pay for the defense.

[avebury]

13. Any of the cops charged with a felony level charge

found themselves suspended without pay.

[avebury]

14. Any of the cops charged with a felony level charge

found themselves suspended without pay.

[Tobin S.]

3. That was kinda dumb

I can only think of one reason why you'd want to contribute to such a fund beyond being a family member or a friend of the accused.

[C Moon]

6. or a racist—sorry, I re-read your post and noticed that what you were saying.

[Tobin S.]

9. 10-4, we are on the same page. :)

[cstanleytech]

17. That or you are a supporter of our innocent until proven guilty

style of justice.

[Tobin S.]

18. No, I don't think so.

Nobody is an absolutist when it comes to that.

[dballance]

20. The Police Officers Have the Option of the Public Defender. Just like the Poor people they arrest.

Let their damned union support them or let them use the Public Defender.

I support "Innocent Until Proven Guilty." I also support them having to deal with their charges the same way every poor, African American they arrest must deal with charges.

[cstanleytech]

23. I am not going to argue with you there though

the odds are the union will probably foot the bill, that or some anonymous person or persons will step to pay for it.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

28. I believe Freddie Gray was innocent until proven guilty. nt

[cstanleytech]

31. Yes indeed and congrats to you for realizing that it would have applied for him

if his case had gotten to court, sadly though we wont ever find out what verdict a jury would have rendered.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

34. Verdict for what?

Possession of a legal knife? Running from people he believed would harm him? What crime do you believe he committed, that he would have to face a jury?

[cstanleytech]

37. "Verdict for what? Possession of a legal knife?"

Nope not the possession that would have probably been tossed because as its been pointed out the knife itself was legal.

"Running from people he believed would harm him?"

Running from the police is technically considered resisting arrest in alot of areas, just a FYI.


"What crime do you believe he committed, that he would have to face a jury?"

Personally? None. Legally? At most resisting arrest for running, I dont think a reasonable jury would have convicted him though but of course we wont ever know for certain now because of the apparent negligence of the officers that lead to his death.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

38. Don't you have to be being arrested before you can be resisting arrest?

And arrested for actually doing something? But since he will never go to trial, he remains innocent, and will remain innocent, because he will never go to trial and be 'proven guilty'.

[cstanleytech]

40. "Don't you have to be being arrested before you can be resisting arrest?"

Nope, resisting is resisting and if they told him to stop and he ran then its breaking the law just like if you are in a car and refuse to pull over for a cop even if all the cop was trying to do was tell you that you forgot to turn on your headlights which BTW happened to me once.
But anyway I suspect that the kids case would have been dismissed due to the lack of cause for the initial arrest unless of course he took a swing at one of the officers which I dont believe happened since the police would have been using that to justify their actions.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

42. You apparently didn't understand what I wrote.

and if they told him to stop and he ran then its breaking the law

He ran BEFORE they told him anything, and I've heard absolutely nothing to indicate that he continued to run after 'they told him to stop', if indeed they did tell him to stop before tackling him..

[cstanleytech]

43. Yes he ran before but if they told him to stop at all and if he did not comply

or if he struggled after they grabbed him then its technically considered resisting arrest even though it likely that it would have been thrown out of court.

[Hoppy]

22. The "Blue Wall" sticks up for its own.

It will be interesting to see how long the blue wall phenomena persists as it becomes recognizable that pukes like the Baltimore 6 are ruining things for honest cops.

[giftedgirl77]

4. Good, fuck those murdering bastards.

[BeanMusical]

5. Perfect.

Anyone who gave a cent before it was deleted is scum.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

7. When I think of the money the murderer Darren Wilson got or the pizza shop in Indy, infuriates me

[marym625]

8. The other crowd funding sites

Aren't allowing such things either. All the Slager funds were deleted as well

[matt819]

15. Speaking of which

What's the latest with Slager?

[marym625]

16. I haven't heard any more

I don't know when his trial is.

I am still waiting to hear about Tamir Rice's murderer being charged

[bravenak]

24. I'm waiting for that one too.

[marym625]

25. I can't believe it's been this long

And nothing!

[bravenak]

26. I can...

[marym625]

27. Yeah. I shouldn't expect anything more from this system

[bravenak]

29. That's how I feel now. I used to think things were different.

[marym625]

30. sick society that got us here

[Sunlei]

10. what the police frat can't make their own website begging for donations?

The Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police, bunch of cowards.

[The Wizard]

12. Who needs GoFundMe

when you have the Koch brothers.

[underpants]

19. Won't the FOP take care of this?

[Hoppy]

21. It is possible the union has a "render harmless" clause in their contract.

If so, the city pays the legal bill.

When I was a teacher, we had such a clause.

[davidpdx]

32. Good for GoFundMe on pulling it so quickly

It goes to show past pressure on them has worked.

[PatrynXX]

33. kinda neutral here

not that gofundme is all that useful. have a friend who uses that because he barely has enough money for food. site never seems to work

[Monk06]

35. What don't trust the public defender? No faith in justice? What could have made them so cynical?

[christx30]

36. I don't really mind them

getting a legal defense. They are going to need all the help they can get. I want to see them in prison for 20+ years, despite any money they get (a fool and his money...).
I mean, you put a reasonably heathy person in your van, and you pull a broken, dying person out, there's no way in hell anyone could believe that nothing happened in the interim.

[cstanleytech]

41. They probably won't get 20 years.

If they get any time it will be between 2 to 10.

[raccoon]

39. K&R NT