Live Interview: Police 'Defunding' That Never Was and Abolitionism as a Long-Term Social Project
Added 2022-01-26 15:36:53 +0000 UTCIn 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.
Guest
Derecka Purnell is a lawyer, writer, organizer and author of Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom, out now from Astra House/Penguin. Follow her @dereckapurnell.
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Show Notes
How I Became A Police Abolitionist
Derecka Purnell | July 6, 2020 | The Atlantic
The System Is Built for Power, Not Justice
Derecka Purnell | October 19, 2020 | Level
The Police Can’t Solve the Problem. They Are the Problem.
Derecka Purnell and Marbre Stahly-Butts | September 26, 2019 | The New York Times
Look at the Capitol Hill rioters. Now imagine if they had been black
Derecka Purnell | January 7, 2021 | The Guardian
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Transcript
For a full transcript of this live interview, go here.
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Comments
Another commenter inspired to read Derecka Purnell’s ‘Becoming Abolitionists’ after hearing this interview with such an incredibly smart attorney who just sounds so…REAL.
2022-01-29 17:50:26 +0000 UTCThis episode was great, bought the book. Small thing, but I loved when she said “Most days I identify as a Christian”.
2022-01-28 17:08:34 +0000 UTCFantastic episode, really got me thinking about our local work here in Milwaukee. But can I just ask my fellow patrons: when are we going to start a betting pool on Adam's intonation of "I'm Adam Johnson" for the next episode? Seems like he picks a certain way to say it and uses that for a few episodes before picking a new one 😁
Zero Gravitas
2022-01-28 00:56:58 +0000 UTC
