First Police Stop,” by Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib (pp. 656-659), is a descriptive piece.
Write a paragraph in which you analyze “First Police Stop” and explain who you think is the intended audience (Hint: look at where it was first published) and what the main idea (or topic) is that the author is trying to get across.
Share one or two of the descriptions you feel were the most effective in the essay.
Why were these descriptions effective? What did they do for the piece?