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11-29-2012, 10:24 PM
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#1 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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| NYPD Cop buys homeless man boots (PHOTO)
Feel good story for you all! 
You have to like what NYPD Officer Larry DePrimo did for a barefoot man in Manhattan one frigid night this month. In fact, more than 260,000 Facebook users have "liked" DePrimo's actions, a number that's growing every day.
After a tourist from Arizona snapped a photo of DePrimo, of Holbrook, giving the man socks and boots to ward off the cold, the image became an instant hit on the NYPD's Facebook page.
As of late Wednesday, the photo had been shared 47,716 times, boosting subscribers to the department's 5-month-old page by 7,000, to 95,000, officials said.
"I had two pairs of wool winter socks and combat boots, and I was cold," DePrimo, 25, said Wednesday, recalling the night of Nov. 14, when he encountered an unidentified, shoeless man on the sidewalk on Seventh Avenue near 44th Street.
DePrimo offered to get him socks and shoes.
"I never had a pair of shoes," the man replied, according to DePrimo, who's assigned to the Sixth Precinct and has been on the force nearly three years.
The officer walked to a Skechers store on 42nd Street and shelled out $75 for insulated winter boots and thermal socks. He returned to the man, knelt down and put the footwear on him.
"He smiled from ear to ear," DePrimo said. "It was like you gave him a million dollars."
The officer asked the man if he wanted a cup of coffee, but he graciously declined and went on his way.
"I didn't think anything of it," DePrimo said of his generosity.
But during dinner that night, he got a text message from a friend. The photo had gone viral.
"I was absolutely shocked," he said. ___
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11-29-2012, 10:29 PM
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#2 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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reading this gave me a warm feeling inside.
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11-29-2012, 10:30 PM
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11-29-2012, 10:30 PM
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#4 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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11-29-2012, 11:13 PM
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#5 | | 10psi aint enough...
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Good to see kindness shared among everywhere...
tears have been shed...
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11-29-2012, 11:14 PM
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#6 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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officer doing it right!
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11-29-2012, 11:26 PM
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#7 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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now that's a police officer
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11-29-2012, 11:28 PM
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11-29-2012, 11:30 PM
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#9 | | I am Hook'd on RS
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would VPD do it too?
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11-29-2012, 11:34 PM
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#10 | | I don't get it
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| such a nice guy
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11-29-2012, 11:47 PM
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Is this story moving because we see that homeless people are human too or that the police are humans too?
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11-30-2012, 12:22 AM
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#12 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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^ because we see there is still compassion and caring left in this world, it has nothing to do with who you are.
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11-30-2012, 01:09 AM
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#13 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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what would they do if I buy them donuts
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11-30-2012, 06:50 AM
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#14 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Good man
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11-30-2012, 08:08 AM
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All staged, there is no good in the world
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11-30-2012, 09:24 AM
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Originally Posted by asian_XL  what would they do if I buy them donuts | I lol'd.
But on a serious note, much respect for the cop. 
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11-30-2012, 10:22 AM
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CNN just said that the NYPD posted it on their facebook page
so this seems like some nypd propaganda more than anything else
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11-30-2012, 10:45 AM
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So they're only allowed to post bad stories, otherwise it's "propaganda"?
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11-30-2012, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by CharlesInCharge Is this story moving because we see that homeless people are human too or that the police are humans too? | i think it's moving that someone who's less fortunate is being helped by someone who took the time to care.
side note: i've offered to buy timmies for a homeless person that was opening doors for change in dt last winter and he declined and said he wanted money instead of a meal =\ Posted via RS Mobile | |
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11-30-2012, 11:25 AM
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I think people in the USA and Canada fear cops on top of the racial profiling and racial tension that goes on there on a daily basis... to me this scene is like a an Obama change, helping hand hope, that everyone would like to see but in reality will never happen as long as the "democracies" stay puppet states.
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#21 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by CharlesInCharge I think people in the USA and Canada fear cops on top of the racial profiling and racial tension that goes on there on a daily basis... to me this scene is like a an Obama change, hope, that everyone would like to see but in reality will never happen as long as the "democracies" stay puppet states. | Do you get an erection everytime you stir the pot?
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11-30-2012, 11:31 AM
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11-30-2012, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by lady_mapetite i think it's moving that someone who's less fortunate is being helped by someone who took the time to care.
side note: i've offered to buy timmies for a homeless person that was opening doors for change in dt last winter and he declined and said he wanted money instead of a meal =\
Posted via RS Mobile | some of these people just need money so that they can pay for their overnight housing. although most just need it for drugs...
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Originally Posted by CharlesInCharge Sorry to ruin your perfect world. | Nice ASSumption
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11-30-2012, 12:37 PM
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#25 | | I am Hook'd on RS
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Originally Posted by JKam some of these people just need money so that they can pay for their overnight housing. although most just need it for drugs... | i know and because of the latter reason, i prefer to offer items or food... though i'm more than happy to pay for their overnight stay if that's what they want the money for. Posted via RS Mobile | |
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