![]() ![]() Louis to the highly advanced political positions she learns later in life. Purnell closely connects her experiences growing up in poor and working-class sections of St. It describes Purnell’s transition from an activist who focused on police reform to the recognition that the “armed wing of the state” cannot be reformed. This gripping narrative is destined to become a classic reflection on our moment in history. Abolition demands an end to the prison-industrial complex and the “job creation program” known as the police. ![]() Abolition is the opposition to the foundational roles of white supremacy, capitalism, heteronormative patriarchy, and settler colonialism as causes of state violence enacted through the police, courts and prisons. Part autobiography and part smart sociological analysis, Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom documents her evolving philosophy of abolition. Louis, Kansas City, and Ferguson, Missouri. She completed her degree at Harvard Law School after growing up in the #BlackLivesMatter struggles in St. ![]() ![]() Derecka Purnell is a gifted intellectual, organizer, speaker, and writer. ![]()
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