I stopped at Chick-fil-A for dinner tonight and walked in the door the same time as this police officer and this man did.. they came walking in from another parking lot and the man (who appeared to be dirty.. I’m not sure if he was homeless and I don’t think it’s my place to say so) was carrying a bag with a Nike tennis shoe box in it.
I don’t know if there were new tennis shoes in that bag and I don’t know where they came from but I was listening to their conversation and the police officer proceeded to tell the man “get whatever you’d like” and reached into his own pocket (as you can see here) to buy this man some food.
It would be ignorant of me to say “I feel like” here because it’s a very well known fact that there is a stigma about being a police officer. I hear the word “pigs” far too often and that’s unacceptable in my mind. I do understand that there are a few bad eggs out there who take things too far, but today I witnessed an extreme act of kindness between two random strangers.
I think it’s impossible to turn on the news today and to not have your mind filled with fear and negativity, but let this be a reminder that there are good people in this world.. ones who do good things and ones who love and serve their community well.
