Clarissa Frias

                                                 Library Visit, Then Held at Gunpoint

            I found the article “Library visit Then Held at Gunpoint” very captivating. Tells the story of his sons encounter with an aggressive yale security officer to shine further light on the misuse of police power and authority. Charles Blow made sure every detailed was told clearly in the article. He also made sure that his sons point of view and words were inn this article. One of the things that I found very fascinating is that Charles blow said “The stop is not the problem: the method of the stop is the problem”. Specifically saying that the way the police stopped his son was the problem Charles didn’t mind that they stopped his son because he looked like a suspect of the crime he also didn’t mind that they asked Charles son questions. It was just the way the police stopped him by pulling out weapons. However what also stud out was that Charles blow said something deep with a meaning that maybe people can relate “Triggers cannot be unpulled. Bullets cannot be called back “With him saying that it’s like with one little thing wrong that the police people have done with just pulling out the gun would be bad enough. The worst would be actually pulling the trigger with that cannot be undone. Foe example another way of putting it is like you cannot bring someone back from the dead. Last but not least the best of the best that Charles blow said was “We would share stories about encounters with the police in which our lives, hung in the balance intergenerational stories of joining the inglorious club”. For instance that means that not only has his son lived that frightening experience, but he has also experienced that situation before. It’s really not pleasing to say that you and your son can relate on a topic like that because in any parents mind you don’t want your child going through that. Throughout all the article I loved how Charles made his statement and actually put his sons words in it also his side of the story overall Charles made his statement as a concerned parent on what he felt on the way the police at yale approached his son.