A homeless man in New Jersey said he let another man record him pouring coffee on himself last week in exchange for $5 cash.
“Never thought I’d be in this position at 65,” the homeless man, Ronald Leggatt, told the Asbury Park Press. He said he was not aware the video was posted to Facebook, adding, “I don’t even know what Facebook is, to be honest with you.”
Police say no charges will be filed against the stranger because Leggatt consented. It happened on Jan. 18 at a gas station in Lakewood.
Leggatt told the newspaper he generally looks for discarded lottery tickets in the area, hoping to pocket enough cash for food and coffee. He says he sleeps in the dugout of a nearby baseball field.
A bystander, Carlos Mejia, posted an account of the incident on social media after confronting the young man who paid Leggatt, and the community outcry prompted police to investigate. The Rev. Steve Brigham, a homeless advocate who knows Leggatt, says it’s just something that you don’t do to other human beings.
The man who made the offer belonged to the local Orthodox Jewish community, according to the newspaper. He reportedly said police wouldn’t try to prosecute him because “we run this town.” Local media report he eventually apologized.
Some critics accused Mejia of anti-Semitism, while others commended him for speaking out. Still others say they now recognize the homeless man, and hand him a little money to help out when they see him.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Is this what human beings do to others who are at their most desperate? I hope all see and KNOW this is what the talmudic pigs think of goyim. At least he admitted the truth and of course, anti semitism is to blame right? And while people live on the streets in america billions are sent to the “chosen ones”.
In a word disgusting and I apologize for every second of embarrassment….take care and here’s hoping for a better year for you and those you care about…….
Who are you apologizing for and who’s embarrassment? Just wondering?
There will be a day of reckoning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9IfHDi-2EA
“Some critics accused Mejia of anti-Semitism,…”
Stinking jews, who are NOT Semites to begin with.
“He reportedly said police wouldn’t try to prosecute him because “we run this town.”
Same mentality as that POS jew who told the judge he’d kill her.
https://youtu.be/Ua5gCe_I09I