Police Officer Arrests Homeless Woman - Drags Her Belongings Behind Cruiser In Shopping Cart

[matcom]

I know the headline is a little misleading but ran outta space. ;)

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BRADENTON, Fla. -- A city police officer is being simultaneously celebrated and ridiculed after he went out of his way to save a homeless woman's shopping cart full of possessions.

After arresting Marie Brooks on an outstanding warrant early one morning last week, Officer Nicholas Evans pulled her shopping cart alongside his police cruiser for 12 miles to the county jail so Brooks wouldn't lose her meager belongings. The trip took him an hour.

"He wasn't obligated to have a generous, spiritual heart," said Mary DeLazzer, who manages Our Daily Bread, a soup kitchen in Bradenton.

But police are looking into whether Evans acted inappropriately and should be reprimanded. The act has made Evans the butt of jokes among peers who have heard the story, now posted on a popular police Web site.

Evans is a three-year veteran officer who works the overnight shift. He told his bosses he was unsuccessful at trying to find someone to take the cart after arresting Brooks for violating a court order stemming from a misdemeanor drug arrest.

A call to Evans at the police department Tuesday was not immediately returned.

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[YankeyMCC]

1. On what basis could protecting this woman's property

possibly be criticized?

Unbelievable the lengths people will go to, the twists of logic they will use to Hate other people.

[YDogg]

2. truly, no good deed goes unpunished.

[Skittles]

3. what a society we live in

they are debating whether or not what this cop did is warranted instead of asking why people are homeless

[Crazy Dave]

4. Man that's sad

Nobody realizes that what little a homeless person might have is EVERYTHING they have. His department should be proud of and honored to have him.