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The unnamed woman argues with a young black man over a rental bicycle.Twitter/@Imposter_Edits
People give money to a woman who was criticized for a viral Citi Bike dispute.
A video of Sarah Comrie’s dispute with a black man over a bicycle went viral and she got flak for it.
Now, a GoFundMe set up by her uncle to help with her legal fees has raised more than $111,600.
People give thousands of dollars to a woman who was involved in a viral Citi Bike dispute in New York City.
Sarah Comrie, a hospital worker, was filmed having a heated altercation with a black man over a Citi Bike in Manhattan on May 12. The video divided the internet, but Comrie has her fair share of supporters, some of whom believe she was wrongly accused.
One of them is Comrie’s uncle, Bob Roe, who started a GoFundMe to her on Friday titled, “Help Sarah Comrie fight to be branded as ‘Karen’.”
Roe wrote on the GoFundMe page, “Sarah is a dedicated healthcare worker who is six months pregnant. She is deeply committed to racial justice and fairness, and has dedicated her life to serving NYC’s most endangered individuals.”
The GoFundMe, which aims to raise $120,000, has raised $111,624 through more than 3,100 donations at the time of writing.
Roe wrote that the GoFundMe would go to offset Comrie’s legal bills and help her “save her livelihood and her reputation.”
Comrie came under fire on social media after video of her dispute with the unnamed black man went viral. The clip showed her screaming “help” repeatedly and appearing to be crying when confronted by the man.
In the clip, she also accused the man of endangering her unborn child.
Comrie was given a leave of absence from her job after the incident, and a spokesperson for NYC’s public hospital system called the video “disturbing” in a statement to Insider’s Natalie Musumeci.
However, Comrie’s attorney, Justin Marino, later told his client paid for the bike and that she was unfairly targeted.
“She reserved it and then they pushed the bike back into the docking station, so she couldn’t take it out,” Marino told Insider.
Roe did not immediately respond to Insider’s requests for comment, which were sent outside of regular business hours. Comrie’s attorney declined to comment.
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