Indiegogo removes fundraisers that supported S.C. police officer

[Smithryee]

Source: Chicago Tribune

Online crowdfunding platform Indiegogo on Friday afternoon removed all fund-raising campaigns in support of South Carolina police officer Michael Slager.

The move came about a day after crowdfunding site GoFundMe took the same action.

Slager, who is white, was charged Tuesday with murder after video surfaced of him fatally shooting an unarmed black man, Walter Scott, in the back during a traffic stop.

Supporters of Slager promptly attempted fundraising campaigns for him on GoFundMe and Indiegogo. GoFundMe rejected one such campaign, telling Blue Sky on Thursday that the campaign violated its terms and conditions


Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/chi-indiegogo-removes-michael-slager-fundraisers-bsi-20150410-story.html

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About time.

Slager has no defense funds being crowdfunded.

Last amount the campaign was able to raise is 1,500.

That'll get him an attorney for 4 hours. Hopefully long enough to plead guilty.


Mods: I know it's from yesterday, but it is within the 12 hour mark.

[Shrike47]

1. Who the hell are his 'supporters"? What are they thinking, it's OK to shoot people in the back?

I am dumbfounded he has supporters to deal with. He, or his union, can hire him representation.

[yeoman6987]

2. It could have been friends and family

These usually start with Facebook and go from there. Even though he is a murderer his friends and family may want to make sure his wife is taken care of. Ok I am just being too nice. Glad to see the two fundraising sites won't participate in collecting for a murderer. They will bigots but not murderers but that's for another time.

[Surya Gayatri]

4. He has a pregnant wife who apparently is just devastated.

Walter Scott shooting: Michael Slager's mother says his heavily pregnant wife is devastated

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/walter-scott-shooting-michael-slagers-mother-says-his-heavily-pregnant-wife-is-devastated-10167390.html

[Ineeda]

6. Paraphrasing quotes from his mother:

(His wife) is devastated that 'he had to miss' going to her doctor's appointment as he usually did; (and) they 'worked so hard for this baby'. The disconnect and irony is beyond belief. In the linked article his mom never uttered one single word of sympathy towards the Scott family. Mind blowing. FFS, at least pretend when you're making public statements.

[Surya Gayatri]

7. The mother did express a semblance of sympathy for the Scott family:

She seems pretty sincere?

[Ineeda]

8. You're right.

I hadn't seen that clip, only was referencing quotes from the UK article. She does, indeed, seem sincere.

[joanbarnes]

13. I'd be devastate too if I was married to (and having the baby of) a cold-blooded murderer.

[SwankyXomb]

3. There is no depth

that kop apologists won't sink to in order to justify the most heinous behaviors.

[Dont call me Shirley]

5. Good!

[dballance]

9. Let the Police Union support him and his defense.

Glad the city fired him so they won't have to waste taxpayer dollars to defend him. Though I'm sure he'll probably try to get city money anyway.

[Oktober]

10. Isn't he due city lawyers as he was acting under city authority at the time?

[dballance]

16. That is a great question.

I think you're right about that but I wonder if there are exceptions in such a heinous crime as this.

[Shrike47]

19. Not if he was acting outside the scope of his employment. They didn't hire him to murder people

or to falsify evidence.

[dmr]

15. I read that his professional association abandoned him

Abandoned was the word used in the article. His employer, his attorney and his professional association abandoned him.

I'm not sure what the professional organization is because I don't think they're unionized down there. They said he tarnished the badge.

His callous decisions of murder and cover-up not ruined his own life, they devastated so many others.

[bluestateguy]

11. I really dislike crowdfunding for a lot of reasons

If you have media savvy, or a cute face, or you're good at telling a sob story, voila! Here comes the money!

Where's the crowd funding campaign to help me pay my credit card bills, or my student loans, or the repairs I need to make in my kitchen?

This guy and Darren Wilson gun down a innocent person and they get a fundraising campaign.

[dballance]

17. Good news is all the fundraising sites have punted his supporters. /nt

/nt

[joanbarnes]

12. Good news. Sometimes you wonder will the tide ever turn?

[bl968]

14. I emailed.

I was one of hopefully tens of thousands who emailed IndieGoGo telling them what bad publicity it was for their company having that fundraising campaign on their site.

[BadGimp]

18. Why is this right?