The overflowing foodbank at Sainsbury’s store in Derry
Derry has been in the headlines for the past week with rioting in parts of the city with police coming under attack with petrol bombs and masonry.
Cars have been hijacked and set on fire while bins and other material were used as burning barricades on streets.
Writing on Police Derry City and Strabane’s Facebook page, the officer said: “At a time when the world is seeing Derry on the news for all the wrong reasons I had to share this picture I took when I was in Sainsbury’s grabbing my lunch.
“For me it’s not pictures of petrol bombers and estates on fire that represent our City. It’s pictures like this.
“A city of people so generous that the Foodbank donation area is beyond capacity and overflowing to the space around.
“Words in the background jump out like ‘Family Matters’, ‘Community’, ‘Thanks’ and ‘Hope’.
“For those from not around here don’t judge the City on the actions of a few.
“This is a City full of charity, service, acceptance, joy and generosity.”
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