Compose a 1 page reflection that discusses the first paragraph of Ch.3

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I believe Patrisse says what she says because of several things. The first one is because she sees a problem in the police department and how it is run. Well, looking at the life of Gabriel, for example, she realizes that he is arrested and notes that “if prisons are supposed to make society more safe, who do I feel so much fear and hurt?” (44). This statement shows that while the job of the police department could be to help maintain peace and keep people safe, it was also helping to propagate certain issues in society. However, while the police departments could have their issues, there is also the issue of choice and what people decide to indulge in. Gabriel, for example, makes the choice of associating himself with drugs again even after meeting his daughter and showing signs of working on himself and reforming.
The second reason why Patrisse says what she says is that as she notes in the book, Gabriel’s family was not financially endowed, but they chose to stay together and be a family. She notes that she learned to “look forward to things I’d never before considered, like Christmas, T...