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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

GoFundMe removes fundraiser for man who fatally hit deputy with car after son was killed by police

GoFundMe has removed all fundraisers supporting an Ohio father accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy after more than 20,000 members of the state’s law enforcement community complained.

Jay McDonald, President of the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police, sent a letter to GoFundMe on Tuesday afternoon, calling the fundraisers "absolutely outrageous" and accusing Rodney Hinton Jr of "the assassination of a law enforcement officer,” WCPO reports.

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