{"id":272,"date":"2015-06-06T13:21:37","date_gmt":"2015-06-06T13:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/?p=272"},"modified":"2015-06-06T13:21:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T13:21:37","slug":"policeman-buys-groceries-for-struggling-shoplifter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/2015\/06\/06\/policeman-buys-groceries-for-struggling-shoplifter\/","title":{"rendered":"Policeman buys groceries for struggling shoplifter"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Tarrant, Alabama, a woman was stopped for shoplifting this past\u00a0December. \u00a0When she mentioned that she was struggling to feed a family, the officer, William Stacy, ran inside and bought her groceries.<\/p>\n

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The officer\u2019s kind act was caught on camera<\/span><\/a> by a bystander who posted the clip online. It quickly went viral racking up more than 650,000 views.<\/em><\/p>\n

Johnson\u2019s family of six<\/a><\/span>, including her two daughters, two grandchildren and a niece, have been living off of disability and welfare. The welfare check she was supposed to receive this month had gotten lost in the mail, according to AL.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

And while Stacy\u2019s decision to lend a helping hand was a generous one, the kindness didn\u2019t stop there. The Tarrant Police Department has since signed Johnson\u2019s family up for a local toy drive and collected food donations from the community<\/span><\/a>, eventually delivering two truckloads of groceries to the 47-year-old\u2019s apartment.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read it all:\u00a0http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/12\/12\/officer-buys-eggs-for-gma-caught-stealing_n_6310630.html<\/a><\/p>\n

This is a most welcome change from all those police brutality stories.<\/p>\n

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