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GoFundMe page for Jacob Blake surpasses $1 million in one day

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GoFundMe page for Jacob Blake surpasses $1 million in one day

A GoFundMe page for Wisconsin police shooting victim Jacob Blake has raked more than $1 million in just one day. The fundraising page, posted on Monday morning — one day after the 29-year-old black man was shot and critically wounded by a white cop in the city of Kenosha — initially had a goal of $250,000 but the target was upped to $1 million on Tuesday as money poured in.

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Aid poured in to the family of a Black man, Jacob Blake, who was shot multiple times in the back, by police in Wisconsin. A GoFundMe raised over $900,000 in a day and continued to quickly climb, surpassing $1 million Tuesday afternoon. Page organizer Julia Jackson said it was created by the family of the man who was shot by police in Kenosha in broad daylight.

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