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Ahmaud Arbery’s Mother Calls Out People Who Are Allegedly Trying To Make A Profit From His Passing

<p><a class&equals;" xil3i" tabindex&equals;"0" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;explore&sol;tags&sol;ahmaudarbery&sol;">&num;AhmaudArbery<&sol;a>&&num;8216&semi;s mother&comma; <a class&equals;" xil3i" tabindex&equals;"0" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;explore&sol;tags&sol;wandacooper&sol;">&num;WandaCooper<&sol;a>&comma; is calling out organizations for trying to make a profit from her son’s passing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <a class&equals;"notranslate" tabindex&equals;"0" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;tmz&lowbar;tv&sol;">&commat;tmz&lowbar;tv<&sol;a>&comma; she’s alarmed by the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I RUN WITH MAUD&&num;8221&semi; social media pages started by a friend Akeem Baker&period; Initially started as a memorial for her son&comma; Cooper says the page is now being run like a business&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She also alleges Akeem started a GoFundMe page for her son &&num;8212&semi; which she never asked him to do &&num;8212&semi; and it has  raised nearly &dollar;2 million&comma; TMZ reports&period; The page says the money&&num;8217&semi;s going to Wanda&comma; but she&&num;8217&semi;s already back at work&comma; also according to TMZ&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cooper also called out Foundation 2&period;3&comma; founded by a local high school coach&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Foundation 2&period;23 &&num;8230&semi; which refers to the date Ahmaud was killed&period; Wanda says it was founded by <strong>Jason Vaughn<&sol;strong>&comma; a local high school coach who did not have a close relationship with Ahmaud&period; She says the org held a big fundraiser&comma; but wants to make it clear the foundation is not affiliated with her family&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Cooper also insists that someone has filed a trademark but doesn&&num;8217&semi;t know who is responsible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As you may recall&comma; Ahmad Arbery was fatally shot by two white men—Gregory and Travis McMichael&comma; 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