by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:
Two legal defense funds for Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old charged with first-degree murder for allegedly shooting three rioters in Kenosha last week, have raised over $900,000 as of Monday night.
The #FightBack Foundation, a legal defense fund which was started by Nick Sandmann’s attorney L. Lin Wood and attorney John Pierce of Pierce Bainbridge after GoFundMe took down a legal defense fund for Rittenhouse, raised a total of $605,550 from 11,254 donors in just four days, Wood revealed on Monday night.
There will be total transparency on part of #FightBack Foundation.
To date, 11,254 donors have donated total of $605,550 toward the Foundation’s efforts to fund defense of Kyle Rittenhouse & help support & protect his family.
$0 from @Microsoft @Apple @BankofAmerica @MLB https://t.co/T8UH1r2A1J
— Lin Wood (@LLinWood) September 1, 2020
A legal defense fund for Rittenhouse on the Christian fundraising site GiveSendGo raised $302,231 from a total of 7007 donors as of Monday night.
Facebook blocked all links to GiveSendGo’s Rittenhouse legal defense fund as of Monday night.
Facebook announced last week they intend to censor content that “praises, supports, or represents” Kyle Rittenhouse because they’ve chosen to label him a “mass shooter.”
Facebook has announced they intend to censor content that "praises, supports, or represents" Kyle Rittenhouse because they've chosen to label him a "mass shooter" and they've begun blocking all search results for his name. https://t.co/xlyasrUTHV
— Chris Menahan