After a gut-wrenching week of extrajudicial killings of black men by police in Louisiana and Minnesota, and an apparently coordinated retaliatory assault that led to the deaths of five police officers in Dallas, several fundraising initiatives have been started as a distraught nation grasps for some way to help.
A GoFundMe campaign benefiting the family of Alton Sterling, who was killed Tuesday during an altercation with police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has raised $600,000, well over the fund’s $200,000 goal. Started by the actress Issa Rae, star of the upcoming HBO comedy Insecure, the funds will go toward college scholarships for Sterling’s children.
Two separate GoFundMe campaigns were also launched for the family of Philando Castile, who was shot and killed by a police officer during a routine traffic stop in St. Paul, Minnesota, Wednesday. The first fund has already topped its $100,000 goal, with $109,000 so far. Xavier Burgin, who started the campaign, says the funds will go to Castile’s mother, Valerie. A second GoFundMe, started by Castile’s sister, Moni, has raised nearly $40,000.
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