Christian site raises tens of thousands for Norfolk police lieutenant fired after donating to Kyle R

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Source: The Virginian-Pilot, via The Martinsville Bulletin

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Christian site raises tens of thousands for Norfolk police lieutenant fired after donating to Kyle Rittenhouse

BY RYAN MURPHY The Virginian-Pilot 6 hrs ago

Less than a week after a Norfolk police lieutenant was fired for publicly supporting a white Illinois man accused of shooting and killing Black Lives Matter protestors, more than 1,100 people have donated to a fundraiser for the ex-officer. ... As of Monday afternoon, a post on Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo in support of ex-Lt. Willam K. Kelly III had amassed north of $43,000.

Kelly was fired April 20, four days after it was revealed that he’d made an anonymous $25 donation to the legal defense of Kyle Rittenhouse via the same crowdfunding site. ... The fundraiser for Kelly was created by the site’s co-founders, siblings Jacob Wells and Heather Wilson.

“Regardless of how you feel regarding Kyle Rittenhouse, the fact is that Mr. Kelly’s individual rights have been grossly violated. He made an anonymous donation of a mere twenty-five dollars with his own money,” Wilson wrote in a statement.

Several comments from donors encouraged Kelly to sue the city and told him to “stand tall.” ... “Fight this and then apply for the chiefs (sic) job when you win,” wrote one donor.

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Less than a week after a Norfolk police lieutenant was fired for publicly supporting a white Illinois man accused of shooting and killing Black Lives Matter protestors, more than 1,100 people have donated to a fundraiser for the ex-officer.

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