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Jeremy Snyder, Professor, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University

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

Daniel Penny, centre, is walked by New York Police Department detectives out of a Manhattan precinct in May 2023. He was charged with manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely. (AP Photo/Jeenah Moon)

A former United States Marine was recently charged with second-degree manslaughter for fatally choking a 30-year-old Black man, Jordan Neely, on a New York subway train.

A GiveSendGo crowdfunding campaign has raised over $2.8 million from 57,000 donations for Daniel Penny’s legal expenses. It’s the second largest fundraiser on that platform.

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