George Floyd Killing: How to Help Minneapolis Protesters The local fund has received support from across the country, and is helping raise bail for those arrested during protests

ROLLING STONE ^ | 5/29/2020 | EJ DICKSON

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In the wake of the brutal death of George Floyd, the Minneapolis man killed by a white police officer while in custody, people all over the country have united to protest police violence and call for charges to be brought against the police officers responsible for his death. Others have backed up social action with dollars, flocking to grassroots organizations in the state of Minnesota to support protesters on the ground.

One of these organizations is the Minnesota Freedom Fund, an abolitionist-focused group working toward ending cash bail in Minnesota and nationally. Over the past few days, a Twitter trend where people “match” donations to the fund has gone viral, generating tens of thousands of tweets thanks in part to celebrities like Rob Delaney and Lin Manuel Miranda boosting the organization. Others, like Seth Rogen and Steve Carell, simply tweeted “matched,” linking to other users’ calls to donate to the fund.

The national support has been “overwhelming,” says Tonja Honsey, the executive director of the Minnesota Freedom Fund. The fund is currently working with the National Lawyers Guild and Legal Rights Center to help reduce the burden of bail for protesters who’ve been arrested. Though she says she isn’t sure yet just how much money has been donated to the organization, she says that it has received tens of thousands of donations to the fund to bail out protesters.

[sauropod]

Oh goody. The green hats are involved.

[piasa]

thank you

[tomkat]

Precisely; as is your use of the factual rioters.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Why the heck would I do that? And on what planet do the people comprising Rolling Stone work?

[funfan]

And generally the rioters hate you so be alert.

[piasa]

Can’t stage a serious riot without them!

[Fedora]

She's being represented by Sekula Law Offices, named for one Amanda Theresa Mason-Sekula, a graduate of Mitchell Hamline School of Law. I'd have to think a divorce was in the works before this incident and didn't spring up over the last few days.

[toddausauras]

Yup.

[FreedomGuru]

Let the protestors rot in jail, no bail.
No protesting, no burning buildings, or cars is going to bring George back, or provide justice.
All these Hollyweird celebs can waste their money on these morons.

[McGavin999]

I wonder if these morons have figured out they can be tracked by their cell phones?

[mass55th]

"Cause of death: Fake $20 and Fake News."

He should have at least tried to pass a $50 or a $100 bill to make it all worth while. But a lousy $20 bucks?

[mass55th]

Well, that didn’t take long. So much for “better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part.”

[PGalt]

George RIP Floyd. Was he a Covid-19 stat? The knee of BIG GOVERNMENT is on all of our necks.

https://usdebtclock.org

[PGalt]

INFOBUMP! Thanks to all posters.

[Varsity Flight]

Didn’t the newest released video have him resisting going into the squad car due to “claustrophobia”, yet never complained of such in his own vehicle??