# Cop makes 12 year old boy cry...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-makes-12-year-old-boy-cry/705905>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 29, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-makes-12-year-old-boy-cry/705905 "2014-11-29T20:00:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-makes-12-year-old-boy-cry/705905/1 "2014-11-29T20:00:31Z")

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…By giving him a hug: [http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/At-Portland-s-Ferguson-protest-boy-hugs-officer-5924406.php](http://www.seattlepi.com/news/us/article/At-Portland-s-Ferguson-protest-boy-hugs-officer-5924406.php)

🆒

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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-makes-12-year-old-boy-cry/705905/2 "2014-11-29T20:07:04Z")

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I just saw this elsewhere. Cute picture. Kinda weird family. The kids are homeschooled and they make them stand around with “free hugs” signs. Kid starts crying and he’s made to stay there crying. Cop hugs him. Good cop, weird parents.

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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-makes-12-year-old-boy-cry/705905/3 "2014-11-29T20:48:08Z")

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Yeah, parents seem like fucking hippies. Still, cop seems like a good guy and the kid will probably remember it for the rest of his life. And no one got shot in the process.

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**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-makes-12-year-old-boy-cry/705905/4 "2014-11-29T20:52:56Z")

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Yeah, it’s heartwarming that a single act by a kind, gentle cop can have a lasting, life-long effect on a kid.

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**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-makes-12-year-old-boy-cry/705905/5 "2014-11-29T21:10:44Z")

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From this description of the kid, it seems possible this event won’t be remembered in particular, being just one in a string of similar events.

> **[New Zealand’s Luckiest Lotto Shop Meets Luckiest Lotto Winner – Papertrail](http://papertrail.co.nz/meet-devonte-little-boy-big-heart/)**
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> Find out how a two-time winner won her biggest haul in the so-called luckiest lotto shop.

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**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cop-makes-12-year-old-boy-cry/705905/6 "2014-11-30T00:31:33Z")

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> [@Frylock](#):
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> From this description of the kid, it seems possible this event won’t be remembered in particular, being just one in a string of similar events.
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> [New Zealand’s Luckiest Lotto Shop Meets Luckiest Lotto Winner – Papertrail](http://www.papertrail.co.nz/meet-devonte-little-boy-big-heart/)

Jesus. That’s some story. Although I do question how much of the sign-holding is driven by his parents (especially if he’s crying), he seems like a remarkably empathetic boy.