Franticfrank
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Absolutely fantastic to see that act of kindness. Caps a good week for the NYPD.
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You probably are right about the mental illness. In fact, were it not for Ronald Reagan having closed all the federally funded mental hospitals this man would be watching tv in a warm ward at Willowbrook hospital on Staten Island instead of sitting shoeless on a public street.it says america is broken if there is a citizen in the richest country in the world who has never owned a pair of shoes
How do you know he NEVER owned a pair of shoes? Likely he owned a pair of shoes before he became mentally ill, a drug addict or alcoholic. He's too mentally deranged to know that he's entitled to free stuff or where to go for free stuff, something he would be told at any shelter or soup kitchen.
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It's not widely known that Reagan dumped tens of thousands of mentally sick people onto the streets. If this DePrimo story is given the attention it deserves maybe right-wing America will get a closer look at their hero, Ronald Reagan, The Man From General Electric.
Your criticism and correction are acknowledged and I (regrettably) extend apology to the memory of Ronald Reagan for my error. No harm done, however, because there remains plenty to despise that dimwitted corporatist puppet for.You probably are right about the mental illness. In fact, were it not for Ronald Reagan having closed all the federally funded mental hospitals this man would be watching tv in a warm ward at Willowbrook hospital on Staten Island instead of sitting shoeless on a public street.How do you know he NEVER owned a pair of shoes? Likely he owned a pair of shoes before he became mentally ill, a drug addict or alcoholic. He's too mentally deranged to know that he's entitled to free stuff or where to go for free stuff, something he would be told at any shelter or soup kitchen.
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It's not widely known that Reagan dumped tens of thousands of mentally sick people onto the streets. If this DePrimo story is given the attention it deserves maybe right-wing America will get a closer look at their hero, Ronald Reagan, The Man From General Electric.
Reagan had to close those hospitals. The ACLU won a court case and they were closed by an order of the Court. You can't lock people up against their will if they haven't committed a crime. You can't put people away for being mentally ill.
It took three years of litigation for the ACLU to close Willowbrook.
Historians David and Sheila Rothman subsequently published a detailed account of this process in their widely-read The Willowbrook Wars. In 1983, the state of New York announced plans to close Willowbrook, and the last children left the grounds in 1987. The nationwide publicity generated by the Willowbrook case helped contribute to passage of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act of 1980.
ACLU History: Mental Institutions | American Civil Liberties Union
If you are going to make an accusation, get it right.
The homeless man is now barefoot once again. The shoes posed such a threat to his life, he won't wear them.
Homeless Man Says He?s Grateful for Boots but He?s Barefoot Again - NYTimes.com
His name is Jeffrey Hillman, and on Sunday night, he was once again wandering the streets this time on the Upper West Side with no shoes.
The $100 pair of boots that Officer DePrimo had bought for him at a Skechers store on Nov. 14 were nowhere to be seen.
Those shoes are hidden. They are worth a lot of money, Mr. Hillman said in an interview on Broadway in the 70s. I could lose my life.
You can't put people away for being mentally ill.
The homeless man is now barefoot once again. The shoes posed such a threat to his life, he won't wear them.
That is one possibility. Another is he's insane, as are a considerable percentage of homeless derelicts.^I bet he sold the shoes for drugs.
Actually it is you who makes use of a story which, while not totally false, imparts the same effect:Democrats will never run out of fake stories.
Katz belongs in one of those institutions.
The world was a better place when we were doing exactly that. The warehouses were federally subsidized state mental hospitals. But Reagan cut the funding to those places so he could send more money to his buddies in the Military Industrial Complex.Katz belongs in one of those institutions.
In a better world, we would be rounding these people up and warehousing them.
I see more positive in this thread than you do. I'll PM you the name of my optometrist, if you would like....Thank you those who said good, supportive things on this thread....the rest of you? Meh...not so much.
This cop rocks!
There is so much hate and fear concentrated on this board. Its sad and hurtful to see people post obvious lies just get sympathy. Or people who post lies to cause more hate and fear.
Thanks for saying this because, no matter else may or may not be true about this story, one person reached out to help another for no other reason than caring and compassion and all the hate and suspicion and fear does not change that.
Reagan may have been manipulated by democrats into cutting some funding, but what happened in the more than 20 years since? Is obama inclined to start locking up the mentally ill? Was Clinton?
As it turns out, Jeffrey Hillman, the homeless man isn't homeless at all. His shoes are probably at his place. Neither is he without a family. He has just refused their help preferring life on the street. Preferring to go shoeless.
Barefoot homeless man immortalized in photo isn't actually homeless - NY Daily News
Now he wants to be paid for his picture. No one has actually made any money from this photo, but he wants money anyway.
Barefoot Again, Homeless Man Wants 'Piece of the Pie' - Jeffrey Hillman hid shoes: 'They're worth a lot of money'
How did he come to this situation? Maybe he was avoiding paying child support for his two kids and it got out of hand.
Hillman is a derelict because this is the way he chooses to live, when he's not home. He's a professional beggar. Just another piece of shit looking for more handouts.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions. The cop was taken in by a scam. It happens.
The homeless man said he'd never had a pair of shoes. DePrimo purchased a pair of insulated boots and thermal socks and put them on the man's feet.
Read more: NYPD officer's act of kindness goes viral on Facebook | Fox News
What does this sentence say to you?
You mean the smell of bullshit in the air part?
you're unpleasant, aren't you?
You mean the smell of bullshit in the air part?
Or maybe because people that have been suffering for so long just don't remember some things? He probably didn't remember when he last wore shoes. What does it matter?