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New Docuseries about Tim & Katherine Ballard - UNFOUNDED: The TRUTH about the BALLARD case -- Released by Veteran Podcaster Troy Ables

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Friday, February 23, 2024

HANFORD, Calif., Feb. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Veteran podcaster Troy Ables has released the first episode of a brand new multi-episode docuseries about the allegations made against Tim and Katherine Ballard: UNFOUNDED – The TRUTH about the BALLARD case. Featuring new interviews with the Ballards and evidence that the legal cases against them are "a shakedown" and a "sad and troubling attack," UNFOUNDED encourages viewers to donate to a new Ballard Family Legal Defense Fund.

Key Points: 
  • HANFORD, Calif., Feb. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Veteran podcaster Troy Ables has released the first episode of a brand new multi-episode docuseries about the allegations made against Tim and Katherine Ballard: UNFOUNDED – The TRUTH about the BALLARD case .
  • "We've been traumatized and our work damaged by these false allegations," said Tim Ballard.
  • UNFOUNDED includes information allowing supporters of the Ballards to donate to a new Ballard Family Legal Defense Fund.
  • Together, we can ensure that this injustice does not derail their lifelong commitment to rescuing the most vulnerable among us."

Daniel Penny's GiveSendGo campaign: Crowdfunding primarily benefits the most privileged

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

A GiveSendGo crowdfunding campaign has raised over $2.8 million from 57,000 donations for Daniel Penny’s legal expenses.

Key Points: 
  • 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.