Kanye West ‘donates $2 million’ to families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor
KANYE West has reportedly donated $2 million to the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.
The rapper has allegedly set up a 529 college savings fund which will cover the full tuition of George's six-year-old daughter Gianna, as well as separate donations to cover legal costs for the families of Ahmaud and Breonna.
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Reps for the star also told that he had donated to various Black-owned businesses in his hometown of Chicago and across the country who had been impacted by the ongoing unrest in the US.
Breonna, 26, was an EMT working through the pandemic when she was shot dead in her own home on March 13.
She was shot at least eight times by Louisville police officers who were looking for a man who did not live in her apartment complex.
- allegedly without announcing themselves - Breonna's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, shot at the officers.
A lawsuit filed by Breonna's family alleges that police fired more than 20 rounds of ammunition into the apartment.
on February 23 when two men confronted him before shooting him.
Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis McMichael, 34, shot him dead, and at the time Gregory told detectives they believed the 25-year-old was involved in "recent home burglaries," which is why they followed him.
The Glynn County Police Department said, however, there is no evidence to suggest that Ahmaud was responsible for any burglaries in the area.
There were no reports involving burglaries or home break-ins in the Satilla Shores neighborhood between January 1 and February 23.
The appeared stalled by local authorities until footage shot by someone following the pair was leaked and shared widely on social media.
The public outrage prompted the Georgia Bureau of Investigations to get involved; they went on to claim it only took 36 hours to find "probable" cause for
in Minneapolis on May 25.
He was held after a store clerk alleged that the 46-year-old had used a forged $20 note.
An autopsy concluded that he died of asphyxiation due to neck and back compression, said the family’s attorney, Ben Crump.
That autopsy, by a forensic pathologist, found the compression cut off blood to his brain, and that the pressure of other officers’ knees on his back made it impossible for him to breathe, Crump added.
's struggle to breathe was captured in which has led to and looting and rioting across the country.