American Law Enforcement In All It's Glory
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Officer-Henwoods-Final-Act-of-Kindness-127886453.html
Just moments before he was fatally wounded in an unprovoked attack, a San Diego police officer performed one last act of kindness; he bought a child food while buying his own dinner.
Jeremy Henwood, 36, stopped at the McDonald's in the 3800-block of Fairmount Avenue at 5:24 p.m. on Aug. 6. Surveillance video released Tuesday shows Henwood speaking with the boy and getting their food shortly before leaving the store at 5:27 p.m.
Shortly after 5:30 p.m., Henwood was shot while sitting inside his patrol car at the corner of University Avenue and 45th Street. Henwood had only made it six blocks from the McDonalds; it would be the last place he was seen alive.
Witnesses said a man pulled up on this side of Henwood’s vehicle and shot him with a shotgun in what officials say was an unprovoked attack. Henwood passed away at Scripps Mercy Hospital at 1:42 a.m. on Aug. 7.
With all the awfulness reported in the media, it is important to remember that our officers are for the most part exceptionally wonderful human beings. Their acts of bravery and kindness so rarely are reported. In this case, a white officer buys a black child a meal at McDonalds when the boy couldn't afford one. It likely would never have made news, as good news rarely sells, if not for the fact that the officer was murdered just moments later while stopped at a traffic light.
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