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Doug Baldwin's dad, a police officer, has influenced son's off-field initiative

RENTON, Wash. -- Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin was a senior in high school when police pulled him over one day near his home in Gulf Breeze, Florida.

"They thought my car was stolen, told me to get out of the car, lay on the ground," Baldwin said. "They searched the car, did whatever while I was on the ground, and then they stood me up, said they thought that the car was stolen, and it was a misunderstanding, that they were wrong or whatever, and then they let me go."

Baldwin, the son of a police officer, had done nothing wrong, but he knew how to react and was prepared for the situation.