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In reply to the discussion: Photo of Officer Giving Boots to Barefoot Man Warms Hearts Online [View all]dbackjon
(6,578 posts)50. No - cop didn't even know the pic was being taken, or was taken until sent to the PD.
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My animosity toward cops in general has been lessoned by this humanitarian gesture from officer
1620rock
Nov 2012
#11
I was thinking about using "pan-handler" but I thought that might be worse. Or "spanger"
ErikJ
Nov 2012
#43
Anyone else think this might have been staged? The pic taker is a PD communications director...
KurtNYC
Nov 2012
#22
Unfortunately they need help, but that pair of shoes, or that 2$ isn't the help they need.
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2012
#45
I hear you. Although I have seen plenty of homeless and talked to a dozens, I have only
KurtNYC
Nov 2012
#67
No - cop didn't even know the pic was being taken, or was taken until sent to the PD.
dbackjon
Nov 2012
#50
Can't you accept that people sometimes embellish bullshit to fabricate 'good stories'?
AtheistCrusader
Nov 2012
#64
After seeing a blind panhandler walking into a friend's exclusive high rise appartment...
TheBlackAdder
Nov 2012
#39
They interviewed the woman who took the pic, and the cop, on GMT (BBC news show)
redqueen
Nov 2012
#59