GoFundMe Account for Kidnapping Victim Raises Over $40K

Style Magazine Newswire | 1/6/2017, 11:56 a.m.
An online fundraising effort to help the mentally disabled victim of a Chicago beating that was broadcast live on Facebook …
(Photo: Facebook/Chicago Police Department)

Source: The Grio

An online fundraising effort to help the mentally disabled victim of a Chicago beating that was broadcast live on Facebook has brought in more than $42,000 so far.

Bartlett Jackson is a regional communications manager with the online fundraising website GoFundMe. He confirms the victim’s family is working directly with the company on the campaign.

Four black suspects are charged with battery, kidnapping and hate crimes in connection to the attack of the white 18-year-old victim. Authorities say the victim was tied up for four to five hours.

The GoFundMe campaign called “Let’s show the Chicago victim love” had raised $42,408 from more than 1,500 donors as of Friday morning.

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