Posted on 06/16/2020 5:55:46 AM PDT by grundle
The fund is one of many across the country fighting against America’s cash bail system, which disproportionately impacts lower-income people
In the weeks since the onset of the protests against police brutality following the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American at the hands of police, the Minnesota Freedom Fund gained popularity as many people, including celebrities took to donating to the nonprofit dedicated to posting posts small cash bails for people who otherwise couldn’t afford them.
The fund is one of many across the country fighting against America’s cash bail system, which disproportionately impacts lower-income people. Without the resources to pay bail, these people must remain in jail until their trial — effectively giving them a prison sentence before they’ve been convicted of a crime. With celebrities including Janelle Monae, Padma Lakshmi, Seth Rogen, and others matching donations, the Minnesota Freedom Fund raised over $20 million in four days since the onset of the recent protests. With the overwhelming donations, the non-profit stopped actively soliciting donations and encouraged people to donate to other funds.
Steve Boland, treasurer of the Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF) and managing partner of Next In Nonprofits, a St Paul-based consulting firm, estimated that the donations and counting, from more than 900,000 individual donors, as well as corporate gifts and donations from donor-advised fund (DAF) accounts and via workplace giving portals, like Benevity, according to The Non Profit Times.
However, social media is asking for more transparency from the group after MFF's official Twitter account recently tweeted, "Without jeopardizing the safety of the folks we bailed out we paid well over $200k in the weeks since the uprising alone. We are working on doing more." One user tweeted, "You received upwards of [millions]. Where is that money? Other bail funds who have received MUCH less have done DAILY reports on their spending. We want to see numbers now." Another wrote, "Minnesota Freedom Fund has gained [millions] in donations and had stated they have only distributed a little over 200k to bail out front line protestors, wait till tomorrow morning."
One user wrote, "Let me get this straight...[million] dollars in donations for bails but $200k has only been used. I might not be a mathematician but something isn’t adding up. We need a breakdown of where the other monies will be going." Another user opined, "This white run organization allegedly collected [millions], and only used $200k to actually bail out protesters. Those of us in the real Black grassroots have been getting folks out of jail on our own. This is why we have to stop the coopt #NoAntiBlackRacism."
MFF's Twitter account has since tweeted, "Appreciate all those calling for transparency. We see y’all. Our values and mission have not changed since 2016. Be on the lookout for things coming on our end. Be well." A user responded, "How are you “working on” it this late in the game? It’s been two weeks since this has started, you couldn’t mobilize any more funds, or commit excess/unused funds to other organizations? Or is that not a priority for your majority white board?"
Suckers
It would be interesting to know where the money’s going...
Maybe it’s being held for normal criminal arrests and not for protesters-people who actually like to be arrested because it confers status.
Or maybe it is being held back for a second wave of rioting in October.
Or...
It’s Soros-connected...
To: bitt
Minnesota Freedom Fund also fundraises to bail out illegal immigrants. Their staff includes:
Tonja Honsey, Executive Director
Greg Lewin, Board President
Jeff Strier
Michael Friedman, Board Member
Steve Boland, Treasurer
Simon Cecil, Founder
Octavia Smith, Emeritus Board President
Honsey, a meth dealer with a record as a check forger and thief, also founded a group called We Rise! for incarcerated mothers.
Smith is linked to an organization called Voices for Racial Justice, led by a Somali Muslim advocate named Mustafa Jumale.
23 posted on 5/29/2020, 10:20:58 PM by Fedora
To: bitt; maggief
Minnesota Freedom Fund. The fund is currently working with the National Lawyers Guild and Legal Rights Center
Who heads up these two entities? Hmmmm?
Smells of $oros.
24 posted on 5/29/2020, 10:21:53 PM by Jane Long
They WANT TRANSPARENCY, LOL...
> raises over $20M but spends $200k to bail out protesters <
The numbers probably don’t match up due to a rounding error. What other reason could there be?
Big bux to be made in the race issue. The ‘just-us’ bros figured that out a long time ago.
George Soros Associated With Effort To Spring Minnesota Rioters From Jail
Alpha News ^ | June 10, 2020 | Kyle Hooten
Posted on 6/10/2020, 10:23:04 AM by george76
An ex-con and Soros alumni is leading the $20m effort to post bail on behalf of Minnesota rioters..
An ex-convict and alumni of left wing billionaire George Soros’s fellowship program is at the helm of a $20,000,000 effort to get rioters out of jail as soon as possible in Minnesota.
The Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF) is an organization dedicated to quickly putting suspected criminals back on the streets by using donated money to pay their bails. During an average year, the MFF raises about $100,000 to bail out illegal aliens apprehended by ICE. However, since protests began following the death of George Floyd while in the custody of the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD), the fund raked in over $20,000,000 in 4 days, per the NYT. This rapid influx of cash is likely due to the stunning amount of promotion the MFF has received from countless celebrities and politicians.
The woman chiefly responsible for directing the MFF is Tonja Honsey. Honsey was named a “Soros fellow” in 2019.
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Before she earned a Soros fellowship or ascended to the highest position at a multimillion dollar charitable organization, Honsey was a drug addict who did multiple stints in jail— one of which occurred after she was arrested during a meth lab bust
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President Donald Trump recently blasted the MFF after several members of Joe Biden’s staff donated to the cause. Biden’s staff and the Freedom Fund are “working to get the Anarchists out of jail, and probably more
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Soros also funds the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) which has been described as “Antifa’s most important enabler” and its “legal arm.”
(Excerpt) Read more at alphanewsmn.com ...
Exactly.
Since they’re not spending much on getting people out of jail, that begs the question ‘On what is the nonprofit going to spend this multimillion dollar windfall?
not a lot more here, but has Honsey as Soros Justice Fellow and a couple of other bits:
Tweet: Dionysos: I know everybody has the best intentions sharing this organization’s bailout fund that appeared out of nowhere so here’s a look at who’s behind it
Minnesota Freedom Fund
31 May 2020
Honsey shown as Soros Justice Fellow etc
https://twitter.com/arlaqin/status/1266782542683930624
😂
Not proper to use the bail system, which was originally intended only (1) to guarantee that the defendant will show up for trial, as a substitute for (2) determining whether a defendant is too dangerous to be released before trial. The latter can be done without abusing the purpose of bail.
I wonder what Sharpton ‘s cut is?
That’s quite a team they have there. It’s interesting from a demographic standpoint. Not very diverse.
Gaydar for at least 4.
Low end Antifa mob bosses in fat city.
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