A Christian fundraising site, Give Send Go, has earned more than $192,000 of it's $200,000 goal for the alleged Kenosha shooting suspect Kyle Rittenhouse as of Saturday evening (August 29).

This petition has been written to demand Give Send Go to stop all donations to this campaign, return the money, or donate it to a cause that supports Black Lives, and prevent this group from registering a campaign again.

A scrolling ticker on the website shows who has recently donated to trending campaigns, many of whom are supporting the Rittenhouse fundraiser. 

Rittenhouse, 17, was arrested on Wednesday, August 26, and is being charged as an adult with two counts of first-degree homicide and one count of attempted homicide, according to published reports. He also faces charges of recklessly endangering two other victims and possessing a weapon while under the age of 18.

The shootings occurred in Kenosha Wisconsin on Tuesday night, during protests demanding justice for the Sunday shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, by Kenosha police.

The police were responding to a domestic violence call, and video shows Blake walking away from two policemen, who had their guns trained on him. When Blake opened his car door, one police officer grabbed his shirt and then appears to shoot him several times in the back. 

Blake was hospitalized and, according to his family attorney, the shooting has left him paralyzed.

Several nights of protests and unrest in Kenosha followed the shooting, with the police instilling a curfew on the city. After businesses in Kenosha sustained damage amid the protests, a group of armed white civilians on Tuesday were shown in video to have gathered to protect a car dealership.

Rittenhouse, an Illinois resident, has been identified in these videos and can be seen talking with police and holding an AR-15 style rifle. He was interviewed by a reporter for the Daily Caller, telling the reporter that people "were getting injured and our job is to protect this business."

Later that night, after leaving the dealership, video posted on social media appears to show Rittenhouse being pursued by protestors. A shot is fired by someone in the crowd, and a person identified as Rittenhouse then turns toward the shot and fires multiple times, appearing to shoot a man in the head. He then flees and is pursued by several protestors.

One lunges at him with a skateboard and another is holding a handgun. Rittenhouse fires again, hitting the man with the skateboard in the stomach and the arm of the man holding the handgun.

Police then drive toward the gunfire, passing Rittenhouse who has his hands up. Bystanders call out to the police that Rittenhouse had just shot people, though the police drive by him without stopping.

Rittenhouse was arrested by police early Wednesday in his hometown, Antioch, Ill

The deceased victims have been identified as Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber. A third victim who survived a gunshot has been identified as Gaige Grosskreutz. GoFundMe campaigns have been set up for Rosenbaum, Huber and Grosskreutz.

Rittenhouse was a staunch supporter of police and multiple posts on his social media proclaim support for "Blue Lives Matter." He ran a Facebook fundraiser for the non-profit, Humanize the Badge, for his 16th birthday. Facebook has since removed Rittenhouse's profile.

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