Through Harvard Law School she comes to see that that solution can be found not just in the debate on better policing but the end of the policing itself. She describes her political awakening and activism through watching the aftermaths of events including Hurricane Katrina, the murder of Trayvon Martin and the uprising in her hometown of Ferguson following the death of Michael Brown. Louis, where she was often unhoused and experienced food insecurity, and where calling 911 was often the only option in a crisis. In this extraordinary, revelatory memoir, Derecka Purnell recounts her own path towards abolitionism. In the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd and the resurgence of Black Lives Matter the call for the abolition of the police became a central demand for the movement.
Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protest, and the Pursuit of Freedom
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