Thursday, July 07, 2022

gofundme deletes page for nyc bodega clerk who fatally stabbed attacker

By David in TN
Thu, Jul 7, 2022 3:53 p.m.

new york post: gofundme deletes page for nyc bodega clerk who fatally stabbed attacker

https://nypost.com/2022/07/07/gofundme-deletes-page-for-nyc-bodega-clerk-who-fatally-stabbed-attacker/



3 comments:

Anonymous said...

There's a lesson there somewhere about GO-F-Me,isn't there?

--GRA

eahilf said...

“Our terms of service prohibit fundraising for the legal defense of a violent crime. At this time, the fundraiser has been removed and all donors have been refunded,” GoFundMe said in a statement Thursday.

I don't think this is anything really new -- from what I understand, they normally delete pages put up to benefit those charged with violent crimes -- if anyone knows of an instance where they have been inconsistent about this, i.e. they have allowed a campaign for the 'right' sort of violent criminal defendant, post a comment about it.

There are alternatives; perhaps GiveSendGo would allow the campaign to stay up.

eahilf said...

>There's a lesson there somewhere about GO-F-Me,isn't there?

Yeah: reading their ToS before starting a campaign is a good idea.