NY Times Columnist ‘Fuming’ after Son Allegedly Stopped by Yale Cops at Gunpoint
New York Times columnist Charles Blow was “fuming” on Twitter Sunday night after he tweeted to his 121,000 followers that his son had been stopped at gunpoint by Yale cops because he “fit the description” of a suspect they were looking for:
So, my son, a 3rd year chem major at Yale was just accosted – at GUN POINT – by a Yale policeman bc he "fit the description" of a suspect…
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) January 25, 2015
He was let go when they realized he was a college student and not a criminal ( he was leaving the library!) He's shaken, but I'm fuming!
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) January 25, 2015
Blow referenced the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases, about which he has written extensively in his Times columns. He then added #RacialBattleFatigue to the hash tag lexicon, a reference to the exhausting toll constantly being a suspect in the eyes of law enforcement can take on black men even when their situations don’t end up like Garner’s and Brown’s:
#ICantBreathe #BlackLivesMatter
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) January 25, 2015
This is exactly why I have NO PATIENCE for ppl trying to convince me that the fear these young blk men feel isn't real #RacialBattleFatigue
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) January 25, 2015
I'm still trying to calm myself down…
— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) January 25, 2015
[Image via Charles Blow]
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