More than $1 million raised for Jacob Blake through GoFundMe campaign

[SheltieLover]

https://www.localmemphis.com/mobile/article/news/nation-world/1-million-raised-for-jacob-blake-through-gofundme-campaign/507-27ab8ee9-88c4-49c1-98b1-ef1dbfd12d8e

Author: TEGNA, Associated Press
Published: 2:02 PM CDT August 25, 2020
Updated: 2:02 PM CDT August 25, 2020

An online fundraiser for Jacob Blake, a Black man who was shot multiple times by police in Wisconsin, has raised more than $1 million.

As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 36,000 people have donated to the GoFundMe for Blake in just over a day since it was posted online.

Blake was shot in broad daylight on Sunday by police in Kenosha, and the incident was captured on cellphone video that quickly spread on social media, igniting new protests over racial injustice in several cities. It comes three months after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police set off demonstrations around the United States and touched off a wider reckoning on race.

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[Thomas Hurt]

1. If he is permanently paralyzed Blake and his family will need it.

[crickets]

2. Sad truth. nt

[malaise]

4. I don't see how he will survive this

There are holes in his stomach, damage to his spinal cord, kidneys and othee organs.
He is seriously injured

[SheltieLover]

5. 😢😢😢😢😢

I sure hope he pulls through & becomes a living ledgend for BLM! 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

[mvd]

3. Thanks for this

Sounds like another senseless shooting. I mean, aiming for the back never looks good for the police. I hope he and the family get justice.

[SheltieLover]

6. Yw

I sure hope so, too. This is so wrong on so many levels.

[BeckyDem]

7. K&R I appreciate it but murdering and maiming black people needs to stop. Period.

[SheltieLover]

8. Absolutely!