George Floyd's GoFundMe accounts have raised over $8 million for his family ... and counting
George Floyd's two sisters each posted GoFundMe accounts, asking for help to pay for the family's travel and legal expenses, and to support his two daughters in the wake of his death.
And the internet has responded. Hundreds of thousands of donors have gifted the family with over $8 million and counting.The killing of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer who kneeled directly on his neck has angered the nation. The tape that captured the event also horrified Floyd's family, his sister, Philonise Floyd, wrote in GoFundMe she established five days ago.
Floyd died in Minneapolis but the family is originally from Houston. Philonise Floyd was hoping to raise $1.5 million to pay for the family's considerable legal and travel expenses, as well as to help support and educate his two daughters. Philonise Floyd says 100% of the money collected will go to family and that it is being managed by the family's law firm.
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