The duct taped tennis shoes caught the eye of Cpl. Sebastian Goldman, an 18 year veteran in Hueytown, Alabama police force, while shopping at the grocery store. He asked the young man who was wearing the shoes, “What’s up with duct tape? Is that something all the kids are doing? A fashion statement?” as 19-year-old supermarket employee helped Goldman carry the bags of groceries to his car.
The teen told Goldman that he was waiting until payday so he could buy new ones, but until then the duct tape was to hold his broken shoes together so he could keep working.
Before driving off with the food for the jail inmates, he asked the teen what his shoe size was. Goldman’s fatherly instincts were working overtime as he wondered if this young man would have to walk home in broken shoes in the rain.
Later on, Goldman made a stop at a shoe outlet and grabbed a new pair for the 19-year-old and returned to the supermarket. He surprised the young man with the shoes, saying, “Man, here you go. I didn’t know [if] payday was Friday or two weeks from now.” The young man asked what he owned him but Goldman just told him to pay it forward.
Continue reading this great story, as too much of the media paints cops as killers and vilifies them like Beyoncé and her Black Lives Matter cohorts did at the Superbowl.
how nice of the officer…that was very generous
And Thank You Sir!
A special kind of hero
Beyonce would NEVER help someone in need. Especially if the person in need were White…
Tell these idiots like Beyonce that cops are human, & if you stay within the law you will not have any trouble with any of them.
Simply put, seeing the need, we all are in this boat together.
Beyonce and her family are no good to America and especially here husband. Just a rich thug.
Your stuff is so small I can hardly read it. Stop it
What kind of grown man needs help with his groceries?
I agree,try reading it on a small!!phone with 62year old eyes!!!!