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Barefoot man given boots by NYPD officer not homeless

The barefoot man who was given boots by a police officer isn't really homeless. Jeffrey Hillman became an Internet sensation after a photo of a kindhearted NYPD police officer kneeling down to give him boots went viral.

 

NYC cop buys boots for homeless man, photo goes viral

Homeless

A tourist's snapshot of a New York City police officer giving new boots to a barefoot homeless man in Times Square has created an online sensation. Jennifer Foster, a tourist from Florence, Ariz., took a cellphone picture of Officer Larry DePrimo giving the man the all-weather boots and socks on a frigid night in Times Square on Nov. 14.

 

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