Live Interview: Police 'Defunding' That Never Was and Abolitionism as a Long-Term Social Project

Published: Jan. 26, 2022, 2:45 p.m.

b'In 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.'