Kanye West donates $ 150,000 for a security officer killed by an officer in Chicago

Rapper Kanye West donated $ 150,000 to a memorial fundraiser against a security guard shot by an officer in his hometown of Chicago.

West donated the GoFundMe page to raise funds for the funeral of Jemel Roberson, 26, far exceeding the goal. Bart Jackson, representative of GoFundMe, confirmed the contribution.

"Unfortunately, Jemel's life was abruptly interrupted this morning while he was trying to save others from senseless violence," wrote the creator of the page on behalf of Roberson's mother.

How he was killed

Roberson was shot dead by a Midlothian officer, Illinios, while he was holding an armed man outside the Blue Room Lounge in Manny, where he was working, according to a federal lawsuit. According to witnesses, the alleged gunman reportedly returned to the bar after the police asked him and several drunk men to leave, reported WGN, a CNN subsidiary.

The attending officer fired on Roberson at his side after giving him "several verbal orders to drop the gun and land," according to a statement from the Illinois police, citing witnesses.

Roberson 's mother, Beatrice Roberson, sued for more than a million dollars, citing the unidentified defendant and the Midlothian village as defendants.

Outrage as a result of the murder

Many expressed their indignation and concern about alleged racial bias in the latter case of the black man being murdered by the police.

US Senator Corey Booker, D-New Jersey, tweeted, "Words can not describe my horror and outrage."

US Senator Tammy Duckworth, of Illinois, called the shooting "heartbreaking".

Actress Gabrielle Union also tweeted, saying that Roberson was brave and that "his life had been stolen".

"My baby has lost his father, his hero," WN, a subsidiary of CNN, Avontae Boose, the mother of Roberson's son, told CNN. "Jemel loved his babies so much."