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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBreona Taylor's killer is crowdfunding on Christian funding site for retirement funds
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/30/us/breonna-taylor-officer-retire-fundraiser-trnd/index.htmlThe police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is crowdfunding money to retire
The Louisville police officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is currently raising money to fund his retirement.
Detective Myles Cosgrove was one of three Louisville officers who fired shots into Taylor's apartment last March after breaking in to serve a search warrant related to Taylor's ex-boyfriend.
Taylor, an emergency room technician, died from multiple gunshot wounds sustained in the botched raid.
Now, Cosgrove is seeking funds on the "Christian crowdfunding site" GiveSendGo so he can "purchase the remainder of his service time" and retire, according to the fundraiser's description. He wants to focus on his family's safety, which, per the description, has been threatened since protests erupted after Taylor's killing.
"Myles' reputation has been completely dismantled and the psychological trauma is something that he will have to cope with for the rest of his life," the fundraiser description reads.
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Breona Taylor's killer is crowdfunding on Christian funding site for retirement funds (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Sep 2020
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TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)1. Thre's a list called "Fuck 'im". He's on it.
Turbineguy
(37,324 posts)2. Yeah, shooting somebody isn't supposed to have consequences.
Faux pas
(14,672 posts)3. Kickin' with disgust!
dalton99a
(81,485 posts)4. They should call themselves Killers for Christ
Jesus would be so proud.
Loki Liesmith
(4,602 posts)5. He's free to do that.
Grins
(7,217 posts)7. Yes. The question is...
Should a Christian site have let him do it? Im guessing (hoping) their fundamental intent was feed the hungry, care for the sick, the poor, etc.
A retirement fund...? (Or do they get a piece of the take?)
Crunchy Frog
(26,582 posts)9. I guess their next project can be to raise funds to pay off Trump's debts.
Anything goes.
Initech
(100,068 posts)6. He has 137 donations and 338 prayers.
I guess the one doesn't translate to the other?
Solly Mack
(90,765 posts)8. "...for the rest of his life". He can do that because he has a life to live. Breonna Taylor doesn't.