Tyler Perry Gets Atlanta Cops To Help Give Out Kroger Gift Cards To The Community

Tyler Perry gifted 1,000 Kroger gift cards to those living in Atlanta, Georgia with help from police offers at the Atlanta Police Department who went door to door in neighborhoods to hand them out.

The actor and director gifted 1,000 $50 gift cards to people in need on Thursday morning. A spokesperson for Perry said the Atlanta Police Department handed out the Kroger gift cards.https://t.co/qnFkJ4wam0

— NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) July 17, 2020

Media mogul Tyler Perry works with Atlanta police to give out Kroger gift cards to the community near the Wendy’s where Rayshard Brooks was killed. https://t.co/FPQ2BvJ2za

— Brett Rosner (@Brosner85) July 16, 2020

In a statement, he said, “This is about the community that I love, that I live in and work in. This is about good people who are in need of a hand up not a hand out. This is about the good police officers who do their job well every day some of which are my personal friends. This is about trying to bridge unity in a city that adopted me and held me up high enough to reach my own branch on the tree of success. I love Atlanta and its people!”

This was happening a lot today. @Atlanta_Police going door to door and car to car, handing out hundreds of #Kroger gift cards from @TylerPerry, letting residents know that policing is as much about building community relationships as it is enforcement. Bigger story to come. pic.twitter.com/fev0o3tphn

— keithwhitney (@keithwhitney) July 16, 2020

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