TY  - BOOK
AU  - Purnell,Derecka
TI  - Becoming abolitionists: police, protests, and the pursuit of freedom 
SN  - 9781662601668
AV  - HV8141 .P79 2022
U1  - 363.230973 PUR 
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - Astra House
KW  - Police
KW  - United States
KW  - Police misconduct
KW  - Police administration
KW  - Police abolition movement
KW  - Police brutality
KW  - Police-community relations
KW  - Police and mass media
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Racism
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Discrimination in law enforcement
KW  - Crimes against
KW  - Criminal justice, Administration of
KW  - Discrimination in criminal justice administration
KW  - Black lives matter movement
KW  - Social justice
KW  - fast
KW  - Race relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references, including in "Endnotes" (pages 287-316); (from table of contents); Introduction; How I became a police abolitionist --; What justice? --; First we were free --; Resistance and reform --; Love and abolition --; Justice for the living --; Sex, love, and violence --; Dehumanization, disability, and resistance --; "We only want the Earth" --; Conclusion --; Organizations --; Glossary
N2  - "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"--Provided by publisher
ER  -