Live Interview: Police 'Defunding' That Never Was and Abolitionism as a Long-Term Social Project

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4.8 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this Live Interview from 1/11, we talk with Derecka Purnell, author of 'Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom' about her new book, her personal journey of embracing an abolitionist model and how, in the midst of a full blown reactionary moment over a rise in murders, activists can address legitimate fears of crime and provide an alternative vision to the cruel, failed "lock em up" approach.

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