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Acts of Kindness: What the world needs now
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<blockquote data-quote="Samstwitch" data-source="post: 61988" data-attributes="member: 2770"><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>[ATTACH=full]523[/ATTACH]</strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/nypd-boots-homeless-man-photo-145219581.html" target="_blank">NYPD officer photographed giving boots to barefoot homeless man melts icy hearts online</a></strong></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">A photo of a New York City police officer kneeling down to give a barefoot homeless man in Times Square a pair of boots on a cold November night is melting even the iciest New Yorkers' hearts online.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">On Nov. 14, NYPD officer Lawrence DePrimo, who was on counterterrorism duty in Times Square, saw the older homeless man without shoes sitting on 42nd Street. DePrimo, 25, left and then returned with a pair of $100 boots he bought at a nearby Skechers store.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">"It was freezing out, and you could see the blisters on the man's feet," DePrimo, a three-year veteran of the department who lives with his parents on Long Island, told the New York Times. "I had two pairs of socks, and I was still cold."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">The random act of kindness was captured by Jennifer Foster, a tourist from Florence, Ariz., who was visiting the city. Foster, communications director for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office in Arizona, emailed the photo to the NYPD with a note commending DePrimo.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">"The officer said, 'I have these size 12 boots for you, they are all-weather. Let's put them on and take care of you,'" Foster wrote. "The officer squatted down on the ground and proceeded to put socks and the new boots on this man.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">"I have been in law enforcement for 17 years," she continued. "I was never so impressed in my life. ... It is important, I think, for all of us to remember the real reason we are in this line of work. The reminder this officer gave to our profession in his presentation of human kindness has not been lost."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Foster's photo was posted on the NYPD's Facebook page on Tuesday, where it received more than 320,000 "likes," 77,000 "shares" and 20,000 comments—most of them praising DePrimo, who seems to have restored Facebook's faith in humanity.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">"This is one hell of a police officer," Desiree Wright-Borden wrote.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">"Wow," Jack Horton wrote. "It's nice to know there are still good people out there."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">"Angels truly do walk on earth!!!" Charlene Hoffman-Pestell wrote.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">Some commenters, though, were skeptical, saying the photo could have been staged.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">"Clever stunt!" Louis Zehmke wrote. "The hobo is 'parked' at the entrance of a shoe shop."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #ccffcc">But Foster claims DePrimo had no idea he was being photographed: "The officer expected NOTHING in return and did not know I was watching."</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><em>If everyone practiced 'acts of kindness' the world would be at peace! </em></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><em>What the world needs now, is love, sweet love...</em></span></p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">[media=youtube]tMS2uMUQNnQ[/media]</span></strong></span></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samstwitch, post: 61988, member: 2770"] [SIZE=6][B][ATTACH=full]523[/ATTACH][/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=6][B][URL='http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/nypd-boots-homeless-man-photo-145219581.html']NYPD officer photographed giving boots to barefoot homeless man melts icy hearts online[/URL][/B][/SIZE] [COLOR=#ccffcc]A photo of a New York City police officer kneeling down to give a barefoot homeless man in Times Square a pair of boots on a cold November night is melting even the iciest New Yorkers' hearts online.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]On Nov. 14, NYPD officer Lawrence DePrimo, who was on counterterrorism duty in Times Square, saw the older homeless man without shoes sitting on 42nd Street. DePrimo, 25, left and then returned with a pair of $100 boots he bought at a nearby Skechers store.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]"It was freezing out, and you could see the blisters on the man's feet," DePrimo, a three-year veteran of the department who lives with his parents on Long Island, told the New York Times. "I had two pairs of socks, and I was still cold."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]The random act of kindness was captured by Jennifer Foster, a tourist from Florence, Ariz., who was visiting the city. Foster, communications director for the Pinal County Sheriff's Office in Arizona, emailed the photo to the NYPD with a note commending DePrimo.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]"The officer said, 'I have these size 12 boots for you, they are all-weather. Let's put them on and take care of you,'" Foster wrote. "The officer squatted down on the ground and proceeded to put socks and the new boots on this man.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]"I have been in law enforcement for 17 years," she continued. "I was never so impressed in my life. ... It is important, I think, for all of us to remember the real reason we are in this line of work. The reminder this officer gave to our profession in his presentation of human kindness has not been lost."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Foster's photo was posted on the NYPD's Facebook page on Tuesday, where it received more than 320,000 "likes," 77,000 "shares" and 20,000 comments—most of them praising DePrimo, who seems to have restored Facebook's faith in humanity.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]"This is one hell of a police officer," Desiree Wright-Borden wrote.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]"Wow," Jack Horton wrote. "It's nice to know there are still good people out there."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]"Angels truly do walk on earth!!!" Charlene Hoffman-Pestell wrote.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]Some commenters, though, were skeptical, saying the photo could have been staged.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]"Clever stunt!" Louis Zehmke wrote. "The hobo is 'parked' at the entrance of a shoe shop."[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ccffcc]But Foster claims DePrimo had no idea he was being photographed: "The officer expected NOTHING in return and did not know I was watching."[/COLOR] [SIZE=5][I]If everyone practiced 'acts of kindness' the world would be at peace! [/I][/SIZE] [SIZE=5] [/SIZE] [SIZE=5][I]What the world needs now, is love, sweet love...[/I][/SIZE] [I][SIZE=6][B][SIZE=6][media=youtube]tMS2uMUQNnQ[/media][/SIZE][/B][/SIZE][/I] [/QUOTE]
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