Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy recently announced last week that he has raised approximately $1.5 million for the family of slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller, which included his own donations, where he matched what was raised.
“Thanks to everybody who donated. We raised 750k. With the matching of the funds that brings the total to 1.5 million that will go directly to the family,” Portnoy wrote on X. Barstool’s was selling t-shirts and crewneck sweaters which read “New York’s Finest” as the vehicle for raising the money for Diller’s family.
“Okay I’m sure everybody’s seen this story tragic cop routine traffic stop pull over two guys a million priors, been in and out of jail a million times, and they just opened fire basically on them. Again routine traffic stop tragic leaves behind a one-year-old child his wife,” the Barstool Sports founder said.
“We put t-shirts on sale. We’ve raised about 230, 240 grand directly from the family. Every penny that we make goes to the family on top of that, whatever we sell, whatever we make, end of day today midnight, I’m just going to match it,” he said in a video update on X.
“So double up on whatever we can make. I know money doesn’t care this nothing can cure this but the least we can do. And Barstool, myself, we have a long history of supporting the boys in blue support and first responders. You know, it’s tragic. These guys go out and risk their lives, routine traffic stop and just to f*cking scumbags, who should be in prison don’t know why they’re out. Take a life. It’s just awful. So whatever we can do to support it,” Portnoy concluded.
The 31-year-old police officer was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop-gone wrong in Queens. Diller approached a car that was illegally parked when a shootout commenced with alleged career criminal Guy Rivera, a 34-year-old convicted felon.
Diller’s partner returned two shots at the suspect, one of which hit Rivera in the back, according to reports. A second suspect in the crime, 41-year-old Lindy Jones, was also removed from the vehicle and placed under arrest. Reports indicate that Jones had been arrested 21 times prior. Watch the video update from Porntoy below:
We've raised about 240k so far for family of fallen NYPD cop Jonathan Diller. I'll match whatever our total raised through midnight today is. https://t.co/VaSg3WYpjy pic.twitter.com/IZ9gRkZohU
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) March 27, 2024
Unfortunately, the gunshot struck Diller just below his bulletproof vest in the abdomen, where he succumbed to his wounds. The officer was pronounced dead at Jamaica Hospital, leaving behind a wife and a 1-year-old son. A GoFundMe has raised nearly half a million dollars as well.
The American Tribune reported on comments from former President Trump on the horrific killing of Diller. The GOP frontrunner emphasized the need for “law and order” following the tragic slaying of the police officer.
“What happened is such a sad, sad event. Such a horrible thing, and it’s happening all too often and we’re just not going to let it happen, we just can’t,” Trump said. “But the Diller family will, you’ll never be the same, you can never be the same, but we have to stop it, we have to stop it. We have to get back to law and order. We have to do a lot of things differently because this is not working. This is happening too often.”
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