Minnesota professor agreed to repay $120K in donations raised for Philando Castile that she kept
A college professor helped raised over $200,000 in donations for police shooting victim Philando Castile in 2017 has agreed to repay the $120k she kept for herself. Pamela Fergus has agreed to repay the attorney general by March 2024. The funds will go to pay off the student lunch debt for St. Paul Public Schools, which it was initially intended for Pioneer Press reported. In June of 2021, the Attorney General’s Office filed an enforcement action against Fergus accusing her of keeping most of the money she raised in honor of Castile, the St. Paul school employee who was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop in 2016.
After raising $200,000, Ellison said Fergus only paid $80,000 to St. Paul Public Schools, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said. Fergus allegedly kept the remaining $120,000 for herself. Now through the repayments, portions of student lunch debt will now be paid off.
“This settlement helps to ensure that the money donors gave in Philando’s name will go back to where it was intended—to help Saint Paul kids who struggle to pay for school lunches,” Ellison said in a statement.
“Philando Castile cared deeply about the children he served, and the children loved him back. Failing to use every dollar raised to help those children was an insult to Philando’s legacy and all who loved him,” Ellison added.
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