Before alleging that her personal information, including her home and phone number, had been released and that family members were “being attacked.”
She requested money “to assist in protecting my family” and maybe “relocate” as she wrapped up the letter. According to local news source KIMT3,
Hendrix’s initial fundraising target of $50,000 was surpassed, and the group has subsequently raised it to $1 million. As of Sunday, May 4, the fundraising has collected more than $624,000.
“I’ve never felt so scared, yet reassured in my life,” Hendrix said in an update to the website, thanking everyone for the “overwhelming support” she and her family received.
The crowdfunding site disabled the comments area after the GiveSendGo page was inundated with individuals expressing racist views and sympathies in public remarks that followed their gifts, according to The Washington Post.
The organization “does not endorse or condone the personal views or actions of individual campaign organizers or their supporters,
