Rittenhouse

• A GiveSendGo crowdfunding campaign has raised over $2.8 million from 57,000 donations for Daniel Penny’s legal expenses.
• While many people on the left have expressed dismay at the success of this fundraiser, GiveSendGo isn’t necessarily wrong to host it.

Violent crime ban

• Penny’s fundraiser was likely created on GiveSendGo rather than the much larger and better known GoFundMe website because GoFundMe has a policy against allowing fundraisers for the legal defence of people accused of violent crimes.
• In many cases these fundraisers have been enormously successful, raising hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.
• But helping people accused of violent crimes to defend themselves in court is a different matter.

Unfair advantage

• Nonetheless, Penny’s fundraiser shows crowdfunding is a wildly unfair way of securing this and other rights.
• He has benefited from the politicization of his actions and wide support on the political right, including calls to support the fundraiser from politicians like Florida Gov.
• People with more privileged networks can expect better outcomes than people in positions of greater relative need.

Campaigns with no support

• What this means is that crowdfunding isn’t a fair means for people accused of violent crimes to pay for their legal defence.
• For every Daniel Penny or Kyle Rittenhouse, there are thousands of campaigns that get little or no public support.
• Perhaps their alleged crimes are abhorrent and people would have no interest in financially supporting those accused of them.

Reputational damage

• GoFundMe’s decision to ban campaigns for the legal defence of people accused of violent crimes was likely driven by reputational concerns rather than principle.
• The problem is that crowdfunding operates largely as a popularity contest, distributing help in deeply inequitable ways.

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• FOX News Channels (FNC) Tucker Carlson will conduct an exclusive interview with 18-year old Kyle Rittenhouse who was acquitted today after shooting three men during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin last year.
• A portion of the interview will air on FNCs Tucker Carlson Tonight on Monday, November 22nd at 8 PM/ET followed by a Tucker Carlson Originals documentary on FOX Nation in December.
• The documentary will include additional portions of the interview as well as exclusive behind-the-scenes access to Rittenhouse and his defense team.
• Tucker Carlson Tonight originally debuted at 7 PM/ET and was later elevated to the current 8 PM/ET timeslot in April 2017.