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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,221 posts)
Tue Apr 27, 2021, 08:40 PM Apr 2021

Va. officer fired after donating to Kyle Rittenhouse draws thousands in donations from Xtian site

A former Virginia police officer who was fired after donating to a legal defense fund for Kyle Rittenhouse and expressing support for his actions has since drawn thousands in donations from supporters through a Christian crowdfunding site.

So far, a fundraiser set up through the site, GiveSendGo, has raised over $46,000 for the former officer, William Kelly, with a goal of $50,000 in total.

The news comes a week after Kelly was fired from his job following reports of a data breach involving the same site that revealed the email addresses of donors who contributed to a legal defense fund for Rittenhouse.

Rittenhouse, a white man from Illinois, currently faces homicide and firearm charges after he was accused of fatally shooting two Black Lives Matters demonstrators at a protest sparked by the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha last August. He was 17 at the time of the shooting and is now 18.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/virginia-officer-fired-after-donating-to-kyle-rittenhouse-draws-thousands-in-donations-from-christian-site/ar-BB1g7sEE

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Va. officer fired after donating to Kyle Rittenhouse draws thousands in donations from Xtian site (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 OP
The racist hood of American evangelicalism is lifted a little more each day. LonePirate Apr 2021 #1
Very weird they fire a person for a donation jimfields33 Apr 2021 #2
Wingnut welfare MustLoveBeagles Apr 2021 #3

jimfields33

(15,974 posts)
2. Very weird they fire a person for a donation
Tue Apr 27, 2021, 11:34 PM
Apr 2021

But don’t fire them if they shoot someone. I’d feel the same if it was any donation. I just find it kinda strange. Not sad the guys gone but sad for the ones who stay that also should go.

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