{"id":2684,"date":"2023-10-12T01:04:47","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T23:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=2684"},"modified":"2023-10-12T01:04:47","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T23:04:47","slug":"a-7-year-old-boy-peddling-lemonade-is-surprised-by-a-police-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=2684","title":{"rendered":"A 7-year-old boy peddling lemonade is surprised by a police officer."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Traditional lemonade stands are fun for everyone. A kid eager to sell you some refreshing lemonade on a hot day is one of life\u2019s little pleasures.<\/p>\n<p>The local police officer recently contacted a little boy called Landen who was operating a lemonade stand and selling cookies near his house.<\/p>\n<p>The boy\u2019s grandmother filmed their chat and shared it on her Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/305140231_5265326803587535_907475445431312264_n.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"701\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/305140231_5265326803587535_907475445431312264_n.webp 526w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/305140231_5265326803587535_907475445431312264_n-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As the poster put it, \u201cJust saying we are so quick to put down how BAD we get treated sometimes, but I have to say i was blessed by officer J Perez Ansonia PD.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police Officer Perez from the Ansonia, Connecticut, department stopped to visit with Landen and inquire about his plans for the proceeds from his lemonade stand.<\/p>\n<p>Landen mentioned that he required blue sneakers for class.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/305101729_5265732160213666_5995075927789448663_n.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"701\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/305101729_5265732160213666_5995075927789448663_n.webp 526w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/305101729_5265732160213666_5995075927789448663_n-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After wrapping up their discussion, Officer Perez left.<\/p>\n<p>A short time later, Officer Perez came back to the lemonade stand, this time with a pair of blue sneakers for Landen, who was then seven years old.<\/p>\n<p>To put it mildly, Landen was overjoyed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/305479431_5283817475071801_5753799969413600641_n.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"701\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/305479431_5283817475071801_5753799969413600641_n.webp 526w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/305479431_5283817475071801_5753799969413600641_n-225x300.webp 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe made my baby\u2019s day yesterday and not only that, he made him feel like a king,\u201d Wendelyn Narvaez said of Officer Perez.<\/p>\n<p>Days later Narvaez shared a photo of Landen happily sporting his new sneakers.<\/p>\n<p>Ansonia Police Chief Wayne Williams responded to Perez\u2019s act of kindness by saying officers like Perez \u201care the types of officers that we are all looking to hire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/304083738_5267533253366890_3149419241602365678_n-473x1024-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"473\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/304083738_5267533253366890_3149419241602365678_n-473x1024-1.webp 473w, https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/304083738_5267533253366890_3149419241602365678_n-473x1024-1-139x300.webp 139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is so true. We often hear the bad things that police officers do, but not the good things. This was such a kind gesture.<\/p>\n<p>Please share if you want to hear more stories of police officers doing good in their community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditional lemonade stands are fun for everyone. A kid eager to sell you some refreshing lemonade on a hot day is one of life\u2019s little pleasures. The local police officer recently contacted a little boy called Landen who was operating a lemonade stand and selling cookies near his house. The boy\u2019s grandmother filmed their chat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2689,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2684\/revisions\/2689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}