Police Officer Buys Eggs For Woman Caught Shoplifting, Video Catches Hug

 Video: http://youtu.be/Hm4WDvzjMBY

An Alabama woman caught shoplifting eggs from a Dollar General store left with food to feed her family and a hug from a police officer that chose to purchase the eggs for her when she was apprehended.

Tarrant Police Officer William Stacy was called to the Pinson Valley Parkway Dollar General on Saturday after store employees caught a man attempting to steal a dozen eggs, Tarrant Police Chief Dennis Reno told AL.com/CBS Atlanta reports. Stacy approached the would-be thief as she headed toward her vehicle in which her young children awaited. She told Stacy that she was only stealing in order to feed her children.

A video caught by a fellow shopper shows the exchange between the two, which ended in a hug shared by officer Stacy and the woman in the parking lot. Dollar General told Stacy it would not prosecute and he offered the woman a deal.

"We CAN all just get along," the two declared.
“We CAN all just get along,” the two declared.
“He said, ‘If I give you these eggs, will you promise that you won’t shoplift anymore?’”

Reno told AL.com. “He knew that she was telling the truth and that’s the reason he went in and bought the eggs.”

Stacy purchased the eggs for the woman and she responded by asking the officer if she could give him a hug.

“Police officers do this all the time. Of course, these are the kind of stories that never get told,” Reno said. “Every police officer in Jefferson County has done this at one point in time.”

The video of the friendly exchange has been viewed over 400,000 times via Facebook.

Source:  http://www.notyourhomepage.com/