“That decision was made by those closest to Officer Darren Wilson looking out for his best interest.”
Tax matters? The possibility that local “youths” think he has the money in a big sack in his house?
I’m with the earlier comment, somebody not wanting this guy to get a fair shake put the squeeze on the page owners.
Ah here we go, the good folks at The Conservative Treehouse come through again:
“Color of Change, founded after Hurricane Katrina to empower black people, has launched a petition demanding that GoFundMe return the profits it has made from campaigns for Wilson. The fundraising site automatically charges 7.9 percent and 30 cents per donation in the U.S. and Canada. ... On the petition, Color of Change says GoFundMe will be violating its own terms of service through the “financial exploitation of a crime” if Wilson is charged in relation to Brown’s shooting.”
and
“Look back at what happened with George Zimmermann. As soon as a trial judge found out about the defense fund, he set a bail that more than wiped it all out. The donated money ended up going to a bail bondsman, who made a big profit on it.”
That’s possible, but just as likely the donations were stopped because of tax implications as well as an accounting of assets of the officer. Recall the trouble Zimmerman was in when claiming in essence poverty when there were funds collected for his defense—and this was to be assessed regarding bail and such..
I think it likely something along the lines of the Zimmerman experience is at play.
Yes, I believe the fix is in to bring him to trial, like Zimmerman, and to impose excessive bail because of his monetary on-line assets (if they were turned over to him or he had access to them).