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Derecka Purnell, Derecka Purnell: Becoming Abolitionists (2021, Astra House)

Police can not be reformed. Derecka Purnell invites us to question why we think we …

To stop trans people, or anyone, from being murdered, we can’t rely on punishment after someone has already been killed. We must keep people alive by vigorously opposing laws, language, and ideas that impassion people to police each other.

— Becoming Abolitionists by ,