![]() ![]() Here, Purnell invites readers to envision new systems that work to address the root causes of violence." 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. Purnell details how multi-racial social movements rooted in rebellion, risk-taking, and revolutionary love pushed her and a generation of activists toward abolition. Calling them felt like something, and something feels like everything when the other option seems like nothing. She saw too much sexual violence and buried too many friends to consider getting rid of police in her hometown of St. (Off-campus use: requires proxy.)Įxcerpt from book description: "In her critically acclaimed first book Becoming Abolitionists, Purnell draws from her experiences as a lawyer, writer, and organizer initially skeptical about police abolition. First-time use of EBC platform requires BLS patrons to click: Create Account. ![]() Users have access to 1 copy of this ebook. In catalog record for this book, click: ACCESS ONLINE VERSION - (EBC). ![]()
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