Demand GoFundMe remove fundraisers for ICE agent

Right now, GoFundMe is hosting fundraisers for ICE agent Jonathan Ross, the federal officer who killed Renee Good in Minneapolis on January 7. These campaigns appeared almost immediately after the incident and have already raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, despite an ongoing investigation and clear violations of GoFundMe’s own rules.

This is unacceptable — and it demands action now.

GoFundMe’s Terms of Service prohibit fundraising that supports the legal defense or personal benefit of individuals connected to violent acts. The fundraisers for Jonathan Ross do exactly that, framing donations as support for him as he faces the consequences of a deadly use of force. GoFundMe has enforced this rule before. It is choosing not to enforce it now.

That choice matters. By allowing these campaigns to remain live, GoFundMe is signaling that its policies are flexible when the person involved is a federal agent and that crowdfunding can be used to shield state violence from accountability. This isn’t neutral. It is a political decision that undermines trust in the platform and normalizes impunity.

When corporations refuse to enforce their own standards, public pressure is often the only thing that forces change. GoFundMe has taken down similar fundraisers in the past, only after sustained outrage made inaction impossible. Silence now will be interpreted as consent.

This petition calls on GoFundMe leadership to immediately remove all fundraisers benefiting Jonathan Ross and to publicly reaffirm that the platform will not host campaigns that financially support individuals connected to violent acts. Anything less is a failure of responsibility.

The longer these fundraisers stay up, the more damage is done — to public trust, to community safety, and to the principle that no one should be rewarded for violence simply because they wear a badge.

Sign now to demand that GoFundMe follow its own rules and take these fundraisers down.