--- description: Supporters of Darren Wilson open their wallets title: Crowdfunders Raise $225,000 for Cop Who Shot Michael Brown image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44dc28d9c2440796/6986a09b169ab01f7027ad7b/darren-wilson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Crowdfunders Raise $225,000 for Cop Who Shot Michael Brown by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2014 8:08 PM CUT  Officer Darren Wilson attends a city council meeting in Ferguson on Feb. 11, 2014 in this image released from video by the City of Ferguson, Mo. Officer Darren Wilson attends a city council meeting in Ferguson on Feb. 11, 2014 in this image released from video by the City of Ferguson, Mo.AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 22, 2014 8:08 PM CUT A crowdfunding site created this week to support Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson and his family continues to rake in donations, but not without backlash against comments made by some of the campaign’s donors. [Created on Monday on the site GoFundMe](http://www.gofundme.com/SupportOfficerWilson "undefined"), the campaign had raised over $225,000 as of midday Friday in support of Wilson, who shot and killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9\. More than 5,600 people have pledged toward a goal of $250,000\. Many donors added remarks while making their donations, some of which were incendiary. [GoFundMe responded early Friday on Twitter](https://twitter.com/gofundme/status/502684237334466560 "undefined") saying the “comments posted in violation of GoFundMe’s terms have been removed.”… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/225-000-crowdfunding-raised-support-darren-wilson-n186616?cid=par-time-article%5F20140822 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3162077/crowdfunders-raise-225000-for-cop-who-shot-michael-brown/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3162077/crowdfunders-raise-225000-for-cop-who-shot-michael-brown/"},"headline":"Crowdfunders Raise $225,000 for Cop Who Shot Michael Brown","datePublished":"2014-08-22T20:08:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:49:04.471Z","description":"Supporters of Darren Wilson open their wallets","url":"https://time.com/3162077/crowdfunders-raise-225000-for-cop-who-shot-michael-brown/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44dc28d9c2440796/6986a09b169ab01f7027ad7b/darren-wilson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt44dc28d9c2440796/6986a09b169ab01f7027ad7b/darren-wilson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Darren Wilson","caption":"Darren Wilson","creditText":"AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3162077/crowdfunders-raise-225000-for-cop-who-shot-michael-brown/","name":"Crowdfunders Raise $225,000 for Cop Who Shot Michael Brown"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"'Am I next?' Ferguson's Protests Through the Eyes of a Teenager","description":"TIME followed a teenager as residents of Ferguson, Mo. turned out to protest peacefully on Aug. 16","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/fStAJZ1s/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-08-16T21:47:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fStAJZ1s.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3162077/crowdfunders-raise-225000-for-cop-who-shot-michael-brown/","duration":"PT5M27S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3162077/crowdfunders-raise-225000-for-cop-who-shot-michael-brown/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```