As hatred and racial intolerance engulfed a South Carolina rally over the weekend, a poignant picture of a black police chief helping a man who was wearing a swastika T-shirt emerged on Twitter.
The sick man, according to reports, had suffered from heatstroke and was being helped by Leroy Smith, the director of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety.
The powerful photo, captured by Twitter user Rob Godfrey, shows police officer Leroy Smith helping the unidentified KKK supporter out of the sun
Smith’s display of love and humanity in the face of hatred went viral, already getting retweeted thousands of times in the course of a single day.
Leroy Smith said in a statement that the photo, taken at a Ku Klux Klan rally, captured “who we are in South Carolina” and represents what law enforcement is all about: helping people “regardless of the person’s skin color, nationality or beliefs”.
“I consider myself like every other officer who was out there braving the heat on Saturday to preserve and protect,” he said.
The photo shows just the hand of black Columbia fire chief Aubrey Jenkins, who also was assisting the man.
“I hope this photo will be a catalyst for people to work to overcome some of the hatred and violence we have seen in our country in recent weeks,” Smith said.
Leroy Smith is an officer and a gentlemen. We’re proud of him for setting such a wonderful example of human kindness ♥
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Ditto
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Wow!
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Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
Random act of kindness always hit the mark!
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Wow. This is a powerful message delivered via picture. It shows the path forward is helping each other, forgiveness and love. The flag came down because family of nine killed members of a church chose to forgive the killer. This act will make inroads in the walls of hate. Well done.
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Reblogged this on Xandra and commented:
SC police chief shows the true way to combat hate – with kindness.
“An eye for an eye only leaves the world blind.” (Gandhi)
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Hey, thank you for sharing 🙂
Best, Mike.
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Awesome story! Things like this could change the negative thinking of a lot of people. Think of a pebble thrown in the water the rings start small but get bigger, and bigger. One act of ransom kindness can snowball out to many acts of kindness.
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Wow– this police officer. WOW! just amazing! I posted this on my FB. Reblogging too. Just wow!
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Thanks, Katie 🙂 I hope Tuesday is treating you well.
Best, Mike.
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And you as well. 🙂 I love your blog. It’s amazing. It’s therapy. ^_^ Thank you for finding these great articles. Happy Tuesday to you. xoxo lots of love.
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Wow, just wow! that police officer! Amazing
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