• Front Page
  • About Brink Thinking
  • About The Show
  • Brink Charities
  • Blog
  • Podcast

Consider this your respite from the outside world. Read the blogs, listen to the podcasts, and watch the videos that accompany many of the stories. Enjoy!

Greatness@AmericaOutLoud.com
Brink of GreatnessBrink of Greatness
Brink of Greatness
Celebrating the best of
humanity with some of the
coolest people on the planet
  • Front Page
  • About Brink Thinking
  • About The Show
  • Brink Charities
  • Blog
  • Podcast
Shoplifting & The Human Psyche

Shoplifting & The Human Psyche

Posted by Malcolm Out Loud, Talk Radio Host, Brink Thinker Blog

Police officers see it all from sunrise to sunset, and even in-between these two daily occurrences, officers are on guard to be the peacekeepers. They see the human psyche at its worst; certainly at its most challenged.

Three New York City Police officers were recently confronted with a situation that was fairly routine; a lady who was shoplifting at a Manhattan Whole Foods store. The woman was caught in the act by a store security guard; she had stuffed several prepared-food containers in her bag.

Their response was anything but routine. They did NOT arrest the woman.

“When you look at someone’s face and see that they need you and they’re actually hungry, it’s pretty difficult as a human being to walk away from something like this,” explains Police Officer Lt. Louis Sojo.

“We’ll pay for her food.”

The woman was crying and completely taken back as they walked her over to the cashier to pay for the items.

“She was extremely emotional. She did thank us. She was pretty much speechless at what happened.”

A local documentary filmmaker Paul Bozymowski snapped a photograph which he shared on social media and said, “The situation completely turned around in an instant. That’s what moved me the most.”

More than 41 million Americans face hunger, including nearly 13 million children, reports the USDA. In America, hunger is caused by poverty and financial resources at both the national and local levels. 1 in 6 American children may not know where their next meal is coming from, reports Do Something .Org.

As I see it there are two important indicators when it comes to identifying crime, and the criminals who act out. There are those who do it for evil purposes. Some do it for the sport of it; others do it to cause harm or pain to a fellow human being. And then there are those that do something they know is wrong, but they do it out of need.

Crime is not always crime. These officers recognized that truth in the instant of the moment.

They assessed the human psyche and recognized immediately that this was a cry for help. They dug into their own wallets and made the situation right.

As Paul, the filmmaker stated above, “The situation completely turned around in an instant.”

The Next Leap Forward

Perhaps the reason our passenger side view mirror states the not-so-obvious “objects in mirror are closer than they appear,” is that many details in life are not so obvious. Those moments require you look at the situation from a different lens.

Like the movie, Sgt. Will Gardner, played and directed by Max Martini, an Iraq War veteran who takes a motorcycle trip across America to pick up the pieces of his life. When he loses the motorcycle and finds himself with no ride, and no way forward; he ends up on the streets with no money, hungry and no wheels.

The realization of that moment was powerful. Here is a man who fought for his country, put it all on the line, and when he needed help the most, where was his country?

We never really know the ‘true’ situation or circumstances from a quick glance.

Important for each of us to take a page out of the Whole Foods story above; and react in the way the heroic NYC Officers did, truly the world would be a better place for each of us!

Tweet
Flip
Share
Pin
Share
0
Share

About Malcolm Out Loud, Talk Radio Host, Brink Thinker

Editor-in-Chief of America Out Loud, Radio Personality, Host of Viewpoint The News Magazine; and the daily show Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Pleasure, he hosts with ten extraordinary women from around the globe; now in it’s third season. Founder of the Brink of Greatness™; created as a platform to showcase the greatness that thrives in so many of us. People that need to be celebrated and cherished, a spotlight on the good of humanity. For over two decades, Malcolm Out Loud has worked in America’s corporate boardrooms. He was known as the ‘Big Idea Catalyst’ in the advertising and marketing world, prior to making the leap to the mic in June 2010. He is an Inspirational Speaker with a desire to lift people up through his two keynote messages: BRINKSTORMING™: Your Next Great Idea and UNLOCK YOUR TRUE POTENTIAL: Cure The 5 Human Ailments™.

SEARCH THE BRINK

Trending on the Brink of Greatness:

  • Shoplifting & The Human Psyche
    Shoplifting & The Human Psyche Police officers see it all from sunrise to sunset, and...
    Read More
  • Riley Howell Stops UNC Campus Shooter in Ultimate Sacrifice Protecting Students
    Riley Howell Stops UNC Campus Shooter in Ultimate Sacrifice Protecting Students The scene has become all to familiar. Another mass shooting...
    Read More
  • 11 yr old Teaches Forgiveness
    11 yr old Teaches Forgiveness “My daughter has not seen her biological dad since she...
    Read More
  • Giving Hope and Home to Teens, Joe Toles Adopts a Different Strategy
    Giving Hope and Home to Teens, Joe Toles Adopts a Different Strategy Considering the number of children that have no parents, and...
    Read More
  • Shantell “Shannie” Pooser Dreams of Being A Flight Attendant Against All Odds
    Shantell “Shannie” Pooser Dreams of Being A Flight Attendant Against All Odds “I want to be a flight attendant,” says 17-year-old Shantell...
    Read More

Contact Us

Send us an email with your suggestions, comments, or ideas for a brighter future!

Send Message

Must Read Brink Stories

  • Shoplifting & The Human Psyche
  • Riley Howell Stops UNC Campus Shooter in Ultimate Sacrifice Protecting Students
  • 11 yr old Teaches Forgiveness
  • Giving Hope and Home to Teens, Joe Toles Adopts a Different Strategy

Incredible Brink Stories on Podcast

  • 🎧 A Life Mission to End Ocean Pollution, Meet Chloe & James
  • 🎧 A Life Changing Accident Changes Everything; Jim McCay & The Power of Positive Thinking
  • 🎧 Two Time Cancer Survivor Sean Swarner Redefines Impossible
  • 🎧 John Evans: From Addict to Mentor, “A Letter to Santa Changed My Life”

Search The Brink

PODCAST QUICK LINKS

Subscribe Podcast

Listen on Spotify

Listen on Stitcher

iHeart Podcast

Also on TuneIn 

Contact Us Via Email Here

Greatness@AmericaOutLoud.com

TALK RADIO QUICK LINKS

Listen Live 24/7

iHeart Radio

Get the Apple APP

Get the Android APP

Available on ALEXA

© 2021 America Out Loud Network Worldwide

  • About Brink Thinking
  • About The Show
  • Brink Charities
  • LISTEN LIVE
Prev