A Virginia police officer was fired after donating to Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse s legal defense fund
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Officer William Kelly of Norfolk, Virginia, donated to Rittenhouse, The Guardian reported last week.
Rittenhouse is accused of fatally shooting two people at an anti-racism protest last August.
Norfolk officials announced Kelly s firing on Tuesday, saying his donation eroded public trust.
A Norfolk, Virginia police officer has been fired for donating to the legal defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting two anti-racism protesters last year.
Rittenhouse is accused of killing two protesters and injuring a third after he opened fire at a demonstration against the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.
Officer William Kelly of Norfolk, Virginia, donated to Rittenhouse, The Guardian reported last week.
Rittenhouse is accused of fatally shooting two people at an anti-racism protest last August.
Norfolk officials announced Kelly s firing on Tuesday, saying his donation eroded public trust.
A Norfolk, Virginia police officer has been fired for donating to the legal defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting two anti-racism protesters last year.
Rittenhouse is accused of killing two protesters and injuring a third after he opened fire at a demonstration against the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year.
Police, public officials donated to Rittenhouse; internal investigation underway
“God bless. Thank you for your courage. Keep your head up. You’ve done nothing wrong,” read a donation note to Rittenhouse
Kyle Rittenhouse and other individuals who have harmed African Americans.
Per a report by
The Guardian, the data of a Christian crowdfunding website has been exposed. It has been revealed that public officials and law enforcement have been donating to fundraisers in of support far-right activists, vigilante murderers, and cops who are accused of shooting Black people.
The Whistleblower site Distributed Denial of Secrets shared the information.
This undated booking photo from the Antioch (Illinois) Police Department shows Kyle Rittenhouse, who has been charged with fatally shooting two men and injuring a third during protest in Kenosha, Wis., in late August. (Antioch Police Department/Chicago Tribune via AP)
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Twitter featured an article in its “trending” section that relied on hacked materials to out police officers who had donated to a fund in support of fellow officers that were the target of Black Lives Matter s ire.
The article, which was posted by the
Guardian, is
based on a “data breach at a Christian crowdfunding website” GiveSendGo by the hacking group Distributed Denial of Secrets. DDOS then shared the information with the publication, which was later
featured by Twitter despite the social network’s banning of the bombshell
New York Post report
The Guardian then reported the names of police officers who had donated to the fund, including two low-level Wisconsin officers who donated the fund of Rusten Sheskey, who was under investigation after the shooting of Jacob Blake. Sheskey was eventually cleared of wrongdoing in the case.