Only in America: No good deed goes unpunished

A Texas man is mistakenly arrested for giving change to a homeless man — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation

No good deed goes unpunished
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A Texas man was detained by the police for giving 75 cents to a homeless man. Greg Snider was pulled over by an officer, handcuffed, and accused of giving the homeless man drugs instead of change. "We saw you downtown, we saw what you did," the police reportedly told him. After searching his car, the police released Snider and apologized for the misunderstanding.

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Samantha Rollins

Samantha Rollins is TheWeek.com's news editor. She has previously worked for The New York Times and TIME and is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.