BATON ROUGE, La. — A written tribute from the wife of Baton Rouge Police Officer Matthew Gerald was handed out Friday before his funeral, expressing hope that his memory will “bridge the gap and foster peace in the country he lived, loved and died for.”
“My blue-eyed rock was a hero,” wrote Dechia Gerald, now a widow with two young girls.
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