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There's now a GoFundMe for the woman in the viral Citi Bike dispute that aims to help her fight being branded a 'Karen,' and it's raised over $110,000

People are giving 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 disagreement with a Black man over a Citi Bike in Manhattan on May 12. The video divided the internet but Comrie has her share of supporters, some of whom believe she was wrongly accused.

One of them is Comrie's uncle, Bob Roe, who started a GoFundMe for her on Friday titled: "Help Sarah Comrie fight being branded a 'Karen.'"

Roe wrote on the GoFundMe page: "Sarah is a dedicated healthcare worker who is six months pregnant. She holds racial justice and equity dear, and has dedicated her life to serving NYC's most challenged individuals."

The GoFundMe, which aims to raise $120,000, has amassed $111,624 at press time through more than 3,100 donations.

Roe wrote that the GoFundMe would go to offsetting Comrie's legal bills and help her "save her livelihood and her reputation."

Comrie came under fire on social media after the video of her dispute with the unnamed Black man went viral. The clip showed her repeatedly screaming "help" and appearing to cry when confronted by the man.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/2024-republican-hopefuls-defend-daniel-penny-who-killed-jordan-neely_n_6468c78ae4b06749be141c0c#
2024 Republican Hopefuls Rush To Defend Man Who Killed Jordan Neely

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged the nation to show Daniel Penny that “America’s got his back.” Former U. N. Ambassador Nikki Haley called for New York’s governor to pardon Penny, and biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy donated $10,000 to his legal defense fund.
Republican presidential hopefuls have lined up to support Penny, a 24-year-old U. S. Marine veteran who was caught on video pinning an agitated fellow subway passenger in New York City to the floor in a chokehold. The passenger, 30-year-old Jordan Neely, later died from compression of the neck, according to the medical examiner.

Penny has been charged with manslaughter. His attorneys say he acted in self-defense.
He’s already become a hero to many Republicans, who have trumpeted Penny as a Good Samaritan moving to protect others in a Democrat-led city that has seen crime rates rise. The support has been unwavering, despite the fact that Neely, who was Black, never got physical with anyone on the train before he was placed in the chokehold for several minutes by Penny, who is white.

The rush to back Penny recalls how then-President Donald Trump and other top Republicans fiercely supported Kyle Rittenhouse during the 2020 presidential election. Rittenhouse, a white teenager who killed two men and wounded a third during a tumultuous night of protests in Wisconsin over a Black man’s death, was acquitted.

More recently, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to pardon Daniel Perry, a white Army sergeant who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatally shooting an armed man during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in the state’s capital of Austin.