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Local police in Appalachia say DON’T DONATE TO FEMA: “They are hindering what a lot of people are trying to accomplish”

  • Oct 15, 2024
  • 2 min read

A local North Carolina police officer by the name of Mike Destefano (mikedapopo on TikTok) is warning Americans not to donate Hurricane Helene relief funds to FEMA because the money is not being used properly.


"Please do not donate to FEMA," Mikey, as he calls himself, says in the video below. "They are hindering a lot of what people are trying to accomplish out in the western part of the state."


Mikey suggests that people who want to donate send their hard-earned cash to local churches and nonprofit groups instead because they know better how to spend it on people in need.


"Try to find a nonprofit to donate to: a church, a local PD," Mikey says. "A lot of those are taking donations, sheriff's departments."


(Related: It just so happens that western North Carolina is home to the world's richest lithium and purest quartz deposits – are we witnessing a government-led land grab in action?)


Is FEMA trustworthy?

The department where Mikey works is one of the local police departments that is "running a bunch of stuff to the western part of the state," he suggests that do-gooders seek out something similar.


"FEMA doesn't understand that these Appalachian people are built differently," Mikey says. "I'm very familiar with them. They are not gonna stand by idly and have government officials tell them what to do."


"FEMA's playing a game of FAFO because free men don't ask for permission. Again, please donate and help these people out. They need us now more than ever."


Since FEMA is a federal agency, everyone who pays taxes inadvertently donates via their tax returns. What Mikey is referring to are donations made in excess of what is forced by law – he says to send that money to local sources instead.




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