Cop leaves powerful legacy of kindness
Two posts are making the rounds on Facebook.
The first is a link to an MSNBC clip about the last moments in San Diego police officer Jeremy Henwood’s life.
Surveillance cameras show Henwood walking up to a McDonald’s counter. A few seconds later, you see a kid in basketball shorts standing behind him in line. The reporter tells us he’s 13-year-old Damian Tinsley, “short by comparison and also a little short on change.” We see Damian interviewed later. “I asked him for 10 cents. And he asked what’s the 10 cents for. And I said three cookies. And he says, well I can buy the three cookies for you.” He tells how Henwood asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up. An NBA star, he answered. You got to work hard for that, Henwood said, and Damian thanked him.
Three minutes later, Henwood was shot dead while sitting in his patrol car. But that’s not the end of the clip. We see Damian at basketball practice. He looks at the camera and says, “Somebody I met was a good guy, and then two seconds later he dies. It’s just crazy.” The clip takes us back to McDonald’s, where the police officer and the boy are standing at the counter, laughing together.
Read more: http://www.nctimes.com/news/opinion/columnists/brett/article_0e5d433c-4b52-5f05-a9f4-bf7298fa5a34.html#ixzz1VuLWJEw6
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