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Jon Ross got a $750,000 payout via gofundme. So there is also a very large bounty for the murderers to execute someone. The new American dream?

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There's a separate Christian crowdfunding site that caters to this audience. Someone raised $800K for being recorded using racial slurs:

https://www.newsweek.com/woman-who-has-raised-800k-online-ch...

Who funds a federal agent executing a citizen? Did they not watch the same videos we all did?

Yes they did, and that's the problem. Some people support this. It's easier to rile up hatred than to fix any real problems. When you spend years framing ALL immigration as illegal, you get a lot of people (like some of my family members) who will say "well, they ARE here illegally so they just need to enforce the law". And yes there are illegal immigrants in this country, but I don't think this kind of violence is the right solution.

Bill Ackman, among other people.

> Who funds a federal agent executing a citizen?

Racists, fundamentalist christians, xenophobes, anyone happy with the way they think ICE is 'cleaning up' the country, which involves dealing with 'enemies'.

> Did they not watch the same videos we all did?

They did, and continue to insist on an interpretation not supported at all. It's like literally pointing at green grass and insisting it's red.

Not disagreeing, but can you link to the source for the rest of us?

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ice-officer-jonathan-ross

  ICE OFFICER Jonathan Ross: After seeing all the media bs about a domestic terrorist getting go fund me. I feel that the officer that was 1000 percent justified in the shooting deserves to have a go fund me. Funds will go to help him.

Thanks for the link, hadn’t seen it yet. Definitely an eye-opener for me.

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