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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts) Wed Sep 10, 2014, 03:05 PM Sep 2014

officer pulls over and gives his shiny boots to a homeless man [View all]

Image of Indianapolis police officer giving homeless man boots captured by Pacers star

An Indianapolis police officer's act of kindness has gone viral.

The unnamed officer was photographed Monday as he pulled over to the side of the road and gave his boots to a homeless man, WRTV reports.

The touching moment was posted to Instagram by Indiana Pacers star Roy Hibbert and then shared around the Internet by his more than 180,000 followers.

"Just seen an Indy police officer pull over, go into his trunk n [sic] give a homeless guy a pair of shiny boots," wrote the center.http://www.aol.com/article/2014/09/09/image-of-indianapolis-police-officer-giving-homeless-man-boots-pacers-roy-hibbert-instagram/20959828/?icid=maing-grid7|maing14|dl13|sec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D527073&hpt=hp_bn8

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officer pulls over and gives his shiny boots to a homeless man [View all] Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 OP

For a second I was wondering what a cop was doing with books snooper2 Sep 2014 #1

corrected Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #3

NOOOOO now my reply won't make sense snooper2 Sep 2014 #6

lol Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #10

Yes. Shiny books, no less. I didn't know what a shiny book was. Cleita Sep 2014 #4

All books are shiny.... daleanime Sep 2014 #22

they throw them at people Enrique Sep 2014 #15

"Book 'em... FailureToCommunicate Sep 2014 #23

Thanks for the post, what a kind man. Rex Sep 2014 #2

Post removed Post removed Sep 2014 #5

So basically all cops should quit or they implicitly support systemic civil rights abuses? el_bryanto Sep 2014 #8

No, they could just stop supporting police criminality Taitertots Sep 2014 #11

Believe it or not, not all officers support 'police criminality'. ColesCountyDem Sep 2014 #21

And what is your evidence that this gentleman supports police criminality? nt el_bryanto Sep 2014 #27

Only white cops.... pipoman Sep 2014 #16

That's interesting - so black cops are innocent of criminality and white cops are guilty of it? el_bryanto Sep 2014 #28

Just repeating a rumor I've been hearing. .. pipoman Sep 2014 #29

Exactly..Atones for all his previous and future thoughts concerning �them�.. busterbrown Sep 2014 #9

Yes. That is the point of these articles. 951-Riverside Sep 2014 #18

They are actually shoe-phones. zonkers Sep 2014 #20

Bullshit. cwydro Sep 2014 #24

How utterly tedious.... Oktober Sep 2014 #32

I like stories about the nice things people do for others. Cleita Sep 2014 #7

I'm so cynical that before I read the details I LibDemAlways Sep 2014 #12

Nonsense pipoman Sep 2014 #19

how do you know that's more common? Skittles Sep 2014 #33

I would hope that acts of kindness by police officers LibDemAlways Sep 2014 #34

Thanks for this cwydro Sep 2014 #13

Well they should stop being thugs then. ncjustice80 Sep 2014 #35

Nice change of pace tazkcmo Sep 2014 #14

I'll bet someone in the priveleged class reported the officer. lpbk2713 Sep 2014 #17

OFFS. eggplant Sep 2014 #25

+100 840high Sep 2014 #26

Thank you. Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #30

This was a good thing to do, making ripples in the pond. Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #31