Follow-Up: Fundraiser for Second Ole Miss Doorbell-Video Student Passes $108,801; Organizer Says an Apology Cancels It
There is a new development in the doorbell-camera video case at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in Oxford, Lafayette County, Mississippi. According to the Mississippi Clarion Ledger, a fundraiser on the crowdfunding platform GiveSendGo for the second woman in the video had raised about $97,000 toward a $100,000 goal as of November 13. Baller Alert reported on November 14 that, as of Saturday, the campaign had brought in $108,801, and its goal had been raised to $125,000.
The campaign, called "Stand with Lauren," was launched by Tom Hennessey. The Clarion Ledger identifies the second woman it backs as Lauren Mayfield. The campaign started with a $20,000 goal and had raised $19,309 by Wednesday, November 11; the organizer has since raised the goal twice. Its description praises Mayfield for refusing to apologize. Hennessey says the money is meant to cover lost income so she does not have to "bend the knee," and wrote: "I reserve the right to cancel this fundraiser if Lauren disavows our support and bends the knee." Jake Lang, who came to campus this week, also promoted the fundraiser in his campus video, according to reports.
There is no public confirmation that Mayfield authorized the fundraiser or will receive the money, and she has not commented publicly. The incident began on the evening of November 6, when three White women walked past an apartment where Black students live and two of them made monkey-like gestures and sounds at a Ring doorbell camera; the 13-second clip posted by resident Jakiyra Metcalf has now been viewed more than 13 million times. As GSM reported earlier, one of the women, Alaina Kunes, has apologized and is no longer a student at the university. The university says its investigation is moving forward and that disciplinary outcomes will not be disclosed because of federal student privacy law.
Source: Clarion Ledger
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Photo: 资料图：密西西比大学Lyceum大楼（HAL333摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经Wikimedia Commons），已裁为16:9，非事发公寓。/ The Lyceum at the University of Mississippi (file photo by HAL333, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons), cropped to 16:9; not the apartment in the video.
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