One special Christmas delivery: Cop who caught starving mother stealing eggs gives her two truckloads of food to feed her family

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One special Christmas delivery: Cop who caught starving mother stealing eggs gives her two truckloads of food to feed her family

    Officer William Stacy and his colleagues delivered the food on Wednesday
    Helen Johnson, 47, was caught stealing five eggs on Saturday by Stacy
    Declined to arrest her and instead bought her the eggs and gave her a hug
    Made the desperate mom promise not to shop lift again in the future
    The story was captured on video by passerby and went viral online
    Johnson lives with her two daughters, niece and two grandchildren in the same apartment

By James Nye for MailOnline

Published: 11:43 EST, 12 December 2014 | Updated: 12:46 EST, 12 December 2014

The compassion shown by Officer William Stacy to desperate Alabama mother Helen Johnson captured the nation's attention at a time of strained relations between the police and black Americans.

Instead of arresting her for stealing five eggs to feed her starving family on Saturday, Stacy bought the carton and the touching hug they shared afterwards caught on video by a stunned passer-by went viral.

But it got even better on Wednesday when Officer Stacy and some colleagues arrived at 47-year-old Johnson's home with two truckloads of food to keep her and her children and grandchildren fed through Christmas.



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