Overview
- As of Friday, the two public fundraisers for ICE agent Jonathan Ross surpassed $1 million in combined donations.
- The campaigns listed roughly $763,000 on GoFundMe and about $285,000 on GiveSendGo, according to the fundraising pages cited in the reports.
- Ross fatally shot Renee Nicole Good during a Jan. 7 enforcement action in Minneapolis after he was struck by her vehicle, with officials saying he was treated for internal bleeding.
- GoFundMe organizer Clyde Emmons and GiveSendGo organizer Tom Hennessey promoted support for Ross, and GiveSendGo co-founder Jacob Wells suggested rival platforms have removed similar law-enforcement fundraisers in the past.
- The Post Millennial and Hindustan Times reported the GoFundMe’s top listed donation was $10,000 from Bill Ackman, and The Post Millennial said the DOJ Civil Rights Division has not opened a probe and relayed unconfirmed claims that Ross and his family are in hiding.