Its final goal is to raise $150,000 dollars for the family, and so far, over a thousand unique donations have been made.
Kavanagh drew attention to a number of racist comments made on the page, which have since been taken down.on Tuesday."Police killings, like Eric Garner's, have created an almost complete breakdown in trust. When black and brown people then learn that a large number of police officers not only support the cop who killed him, but subscribe to racist views, then that trust is potentially totally destroyed.
The organizer of the GoFundMe page refused to comment. GoFundMe has not immediately responded for comment.
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