Even the Accused Killer Gets More Sympathy
A fundraising campaign for a teenager accused of murdering a 56-year-old registrant was recently shut down by GoFundMe. The campaign had raised thousands of dollars from supporters who viewed the accused as hero.
It says a lot about our society when an individual charged with killing someone was able to attract widespread public sympathy, financial support, and a community willing to rally to his defense. Yet when people on the sex offender registry seek help rebuilding their lives, finding housing or a job, they are met with hostility, public shaming, and demands that they be permanently excluded from society. Where is the sympathy for the murder victim or his family?
Shameful!
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There has been a palpable worsening of the social and political environment we find our selves in here in Florida. I am done pretending that I am safe and things will ever be normal here. I wish I had something positive or hopeful to say but I do not.
Glad GoFundMe had the presence of mind in deleting the account. No one should benefit off the death of someone monetarily or by any other means.
Disgraceful!
Also hope they didn’t issue refunds to those idiots that donated money. A defense pool for a murder defense should be donated to a local food bank or – at the very least – to the victim’s family.
Facts
From the go fund me site questions and answers
Copy and pasted from their site
“No problem. Reaching your goal is not required. With GoFundMe, you keep each and every donation you receive. Your fundraiser will be able to accept donations even after your goal is reached. Once the goal is reached, the progress meter on your fundraiser will show that you have received more than your goal amount. If you’d like to continue raising money, you can keep your fundraiser running for as long as you’d like. “
I am so happy that GoFundMe shut them down. Great decision on their part.
This is been what I’ve been seeing. The praise to hurt or kill registrants has increased. The media is not helping either.
Ryan
I wonder if the shoe was on the other foot and it was that young man who was the registrant getting killed. That family would not be praising, but either way, hopefully he will go to prison for a good long time.
Not one person bothered to donate a penny, for all we know, right?
Or maybe a few family friends pitched in.
Either way, did GoFundMe do the right thing? I believe they did.
Yes, I am happy that it was shut down! Thank you for GoFundMe for doing what is right!
Jacob
The sad thing is, even though none of us on here typing have been killed, but almost all of us have been threatened, harassed, been the victim of a crime, physical to our body or damage to our property while on the registry. And the list goes on, but the lawmakers seem to think it’s no big deal because we deserve the punishment that they deny is punishments.
At any moment we could be next, just walking out our own front door. I am not paranoid but I actually
look out all of my windows before I leave the house to see if there is anyone in my yard, on the sidewalk or looks suspicious or someone I do not know and or had not seen before on my street.
GoFundMe had the guts to shut it down, so that is a step in the right direction.
2 wrongs don’t make right.
Thank you for viewing this in a more positive light.