Becoming abolitionists : police, protests, and the pursuit of freedom

Resource Information

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Label

Becoming abolitionists : police, protests, and the pursuit of freedom

Title remainder

police, protests, and the pursuit of freedom

Statement of responsibility

by Derecka Purnell

Creator

• Purnell, Derecka

Author

• Purnell, Derecka

Subject

• Discrimination in law enforcement -- United States
• Police administration -- United States
• Police brutality -- United States
• Black lives matter movement
• Social justice -- United States
• United States -- Race relations
• Racism -- United States
• Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States

Language

eng

Summary

Purnell details how multi-racial social movements rooted in rebellion, risk-taking, and revolutionary love pushed her and a generation of activists toward abolition. The book travels across geography and time, and offers lessons that activists have learned from Ferguson to South Africa, from Reconstruction to contemporary protests against police shootings. Here, Purnell argues that police can not be reformed and invites readers to envision new systems that work to address the root causes of violence. Becoming Abolitionists shows that abolition is not solely about getting rid of police, but a commitment to create and support different answers to the problem of harm in society, and, most excitingly, an opportunity to reduce and eliminate harm in the first place

Cataloging source

NjBwBT

Dewey number

363.20973

Index

no index present

LC call number

• HV8141
• HV8141

LC item number

• .P79 2021
• .P87 2021

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography