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  • Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom

    Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom - Paperback

    Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom - Paperback

    By Derecka Purnell

About Derecka Purnell Books

Derecka Purnell is a human rights lawyer, writer, and organizer. She received her JD from Harvard Law School, and works to end police and prison violence by providing legal assistance, research, and training to community-based organizations through an abolitionist framework. Her work and writing has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, The Atlantic, the Boston Globe and many other publications. Derecka is currently a columnist at the Guardian.