NYPD officer buys homeless man new shoes

[racrguy]

Think you're really righteous?
Think you're pure at heart?
Well I know I'm a million times more humble than thou art!

Been spending most our lives living in an Amish paradise.

[SS Junk]

Homeless dude probably walked around the corner and sold them for a dime bag and a tall boy and then walked back around barefoot and sat down to wait for the next sucker.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/extras/2012/12/03/nyc-homeless-man-is-shoeless-again/

Shoeless
It has been less than a week since New York City Police Officer Lawrence DePrimo’s act of kindness rocked around the world thanks to a tourist’s photo and a Facebook post. DePrimo, who used his own money to buy a homeless man shoes on a frigid November night, was praised for his generosity and held up as an example of the many selfless acts that go unnoticed every day. But many were left wondering what happened to the homeless man he’d helped. The New York Times tracked down Jeffrey Hillman, 54, and found him without shoes on New York City’s Upper West Side. “Those shoes are hidden. They are worth a lot of money,” he told the paper. “I could lose my life.”

Riiiiiiiiiiight.

[Strychnine]

And the homeless guy is shoeless again, lmao.

And was also never homeless to begin with.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/homeless-shoe-guy-history-rejecting-article-1.1212779

Barefoot homeless man immortalized in photo isn't actually homeless

For the past year, Jeffrey Hillman has had an apartment in the Bronx paid for through a combination of federal Section 8 rent vouchers and Social Security disability and veterans benefits, officials said Monday.


The barefoot homeless man who received new shoes from a kindhearted NYPD cop isn’t actually homeless — and has a sad history of refusing help from loved ones and the government.

For the past year, Jeffrey Hillman has had an apartment in the Bronx paid for through a combination of federal Section 8 rent vouchers and Social Security disability and veterans benefits, officials said Monday.

But nevertheless, the now-famous nomad has continued to panhandle and cling to the cold streets of Gotham.

It was a moment of sidewalk squalor — the 54-year-old veteran squatting barefoot in Times Square on a frigid night — and Officer Lawrence DePrimo’s singular expression of compassion — buying him expensive winter boots — that inspired a tourist’s cell phone picture and mesmerized the nation. Yet before DePrimo, an assortment of city agencies extended the troubled man a helping hand.

“Outreach teams from the Department of Homeless Services continue to attempt to work with him, but he has a history of turning down services,” said Barbara Brancaccio, a spokeswoman for the city agency.
The revelation that Hillman has a warm home and a bed to sleep in further complicated what at first seemed like a perfect feel-good tale for the holidays.

After the story of DePrimo’s generosity went viral, Hillman turned up again — still on the streets and still shoeless. He told a reporter he hid the boots that set DePrimo back $75 so they wouldn’t be stolen — an indication that, perhaps, he needs help beyond mere handouts.

Then the Daily News discovered Hillman had a loving, supportive family in Nazareth, Pa. — another sign that there is no easy fix for his predicament.

more to read at the link

[talisman]

Sometimes people just want to be left alone.

[Frank]

its tough out there and jerks like this make it hard for the few that really do appreciate the help. I had a cousin who was homeless for a couple of months a little over a year ago. We are talking a mentally stable, clean, educated and was still attending college. A normal guy. He had a job too. He had to sleep in his truck where ever he could. He talked about how people treated him and how hard it is for anyone to take you seriously. He has since finished his degree, has an apartment, and landed a job paying him better than he has ever made. I plans to write about his time during those months.