During a Queens, New York bus ride in October, Brooklyn rapper Moise Morancy took upon himself to intervene when a 15-year-old girl was being forcibly touched by another bus passenger. His true act of heroism has since been recognized by the New York Police Department with a Good Samaritan Award, which was handed to Morancy on Saturday (November 26).
“Today I was honored by the NYPD with the Good Samaritan Award! I am humbled by this gesture! Thank you!” he captioned on an Instagram pic of the plaque.
Morancy was detained after saving the young girl however it was Sergeant Johnny J. Hines III of the 112th precinct, who ordered the 21-year-old’s release once they figured out who the real perv was.
“If he never existed, or never joined the force, my perception of police probably wouldn’t have changed until much later in life,” the Chronicles of the Ghetto rapper said.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okz0nyOl-Y8
See It: Morancy documented the incident on his social media accounts before the NYPD got involved.
It’s a breath of fresh are considering the current political and racial climate in America. The 21-year-old shared his first memory of an encounter with police officials when he was 12 and it wasn’t a pleasant one.
“It got real physical for no reason,” he said in an interview with the NYDaily News. “I was walking on the street and they roughed me up, and I didn’t know why.”
He also recounts memories of negative encounters with the police at the ages of 18 and 19, admitting that he’s been racially profiled in both of those situations.
“I had a lot of negative interactions with police,” he says.
Since being awarded he’s convinced that there are some good police officers out there who do good work and who recognize good people.
first they detain him and then award him. if i was at his place i would said fuck your nypd award.
I think it’s crazy that no witnesses stepped forward on that bus. I wonder if it would’ve played out different if Morancy was a middle aged Caucasian woman? Anyway, I’m glad he saved the girl more importantly.
Forgot to add, big ups to Sergeant Johnny J. Hines III for releasing Morancy.
So the cop is the guy that looks like a rapper and the rapper is the guy that looks like a cop?
Why the fuck did they detain him first? This is all Trump’s fault.
the girl didnt say shit? nobody else on the train said anything either? kinda crazy..n i wonder if the girl knew the guy who allegedly touched her, the look on her face was odd
That cop needs a haircut, he looks like a prisoner.
Racist AF!