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GoFundMe is allowing a fundraising campaign tied to the potential legal defense of Jonathan Ross, the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good, to remain online despite what appears to be a breach of the platform’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.

wired.comGoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee GoodThe fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.

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GoFundMe has not publicly explained why the Ross fundraiser remains active, but in an email, a GoFundMe spokesperson told WIRED on Sunday night that it was in the process of reviewing all fundraisers tied to the shooting.

wired.comGoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee GoodThe fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.

On Sunday night, the fundraiser stated that “funds will go to help pay for any legal services this officer needs.” That language was removed after WIRED’s inquiry and replaced by Monday morning with the phrase, “Funds will go to help him.”

wired.comGoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee GoodThe fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.

Despite the changes, several slides in a carousel at the top of the Ross fundraising page—which remain active at time of writing—make the purpose of the fundraising explicitly clear: “Give to cover Jonathan’s legal defense.” Read the full story: www.wired.com/story/gofund...

wired.comGoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee GoodThe fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.

He hadn't been charged. He has no legal defenses to fund. That someone is raising money for this shitsack's legal defense suggests they know he ought to be charged.

First time here? They been ignoring their rules for years. Give it a week and they will just rewrite the rules to make it OK.

This threaded post has screen shots of the account before it was updated. Please report this GoFundMe and ask the site to take it down. bsky.app/profile/radb...

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So dunno if anyone knows; but there's a GoFundMe for the guy who murdered Renee Good in Minneapolis - www.gofundme.com/f/ice-offuve... I highly recommend reporting it, aside from the fact yknow he murdered that poor woman. Theres some other interesting factoids about the organizer of said GoFundMe