Seven-year-old Rosalyn Baldwin is on a unique road trip across the US: She wants to hug police officers in all 50 states.
‘This came about as a result of the Dallas shooting,’ her mother, Angie Baldwin, told CNN.
She was referring to the killings of five officers last year in Texas. ‘And it really amped up after Louisiana,’ she said, referencing the deaths of three more officers last summer.
Rosalyn’s family has close friends within law enforcement, and the spirited girl decided police officers needed her support. So, she told her parents she wanted to offer hugs. Her initial plan was ambitious.
In Tulsa, Rosalyn got a hero’s welcome complete with a procession of motorcycle cops and a ride in the police chopper.
‘It’s like medicine that rejuvenate us’ said Major Travis Yates of the Tulsa Police Department.
‘People ask: Is a hug enough? Well, yea! Every little thing that we can get to help us do our jobs is beneficial.’
Her mom added: ‘It has been from near tears to just appreciation. They are just so grateful that she wants to do this.’
But, for Rosalyn it’s not about the fanfare, the attention or even the helicopter ride. It’s something much more basic.
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