Author Derecka Purnell Explains Why She’s for Abolishing the Police
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- America is facing a long-overdue reckoning with the problem of police violence, as many call for police reform or defunding the police.
In her new book, “Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom,” author Derecka Purnell chronicles her own journey towards embracing the politics of police abolition.
It goes through the history of slavery and imperialism, and then takes the reader back home to St. Louis to her own family and comrades. She writes about the intersections of issues, typically left out of abolition conversations, and why they must be included in our vision for 21st century abolition.
Purnell joins Marc Lamont Hill on “Black News Tonight” to discuss why abolition is important.
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9 minute interview and not one second was spent talking about how you would handle rapist and murderers and thieves, if you get rid of all police. And that's why no one takes this seriously
A thief is caught only if you have evidence of the crime that has taken place, the same with rape and murder. Police don't arrest white rapists, murders or thieves. They often harass black people whom are minding their own business, not breaking any laws, or bothering anyone. A woman who has just been raped needs medical attention and a crisis councilor with education and experience. Not a cop with 6 months of training that has no idea what they are doing. A police officer has no formal education in crisis council, medical profession, and last I checked "detectives" find people and things that are missing and who has committed the crime by means of "investigation". They are discussing an abolishment of klan members that roam the streets killing men, women, and children who have committed no crime.
@@EntertheBlackDragon so all these white mug shots and white guys in prison were people just being good citizens and turning themselves in? You just rendered your whole argument null and void when u try to claim that white people never get arrested
Rapists and murders are a small percentage of people who interact with the police. The reality is, police have such a low clearance rate that rapists and murders aren't being handled now anyway. We can't dictate policy based on the extremes. The goal is to actually address the things that cause people to commit crimes, not throwing people in jail for everything. Isn't working harder to eliminate murder and rape altogether a much better goal than locking up as many as we can find? The role of police is to protect property and the elite and generate revenue by ticketing and imprisoning the poor.
@@EargasmEnt rape and murder aren't a small percent of crimes committed just people not enough cops catch them, you over look the fact that serial assaults and murder are committed with other people aware of who commits them but choose not to tell,, but again these are details that get cast away by the kumbaya crowd
@@jamalwest7658We're all entitled to an opinion but perhaps if you read some abolitionist literature you'd find some of the answers you seek. The system we have now does not serve us. Time to try something new. It ain't about a free for all. It's about taking the time to address the reasons why people do what we do so that we can prevent things from happening in the first place instead of trying to solve everything with prison. And conceding your point, rape and murder are extreme. So for now let's say we let the police continue to handle rapists and murderers but leave other things to be handled by a different set of professionals geared towards healing. What say you then?
Abolishing the police is such a toxic term. Why would anybody in their right mind attach themselves to that.
$800 billion Military Expenditure is suck a toxic term.. Spending on jails/prisons and police is such a toxic term.. Billionaires and Big Corporations paying zero in taxes is such a toxic term...
This is doubling down on stupidity of defund the police.
@@pakpala1 your point is what?
It's fascinating how they (abolitionist) can never quite fully explain how abolishing would really work. It's as if they haven't really thought it completely through.
It's fascinating how all of Purnell's critics on this page haven't even taken the time to read her book lol
@@protestadventures spare me that idiocy. I've read it & neither she or Marc have thought this through. Sorry dude.
*neither she nor Marc
That’s your rebuttal of her book? Wow, pretty impressive 👌🏻
@@protestadventures rebuttal of her book? Are you deliberately slow?
I still don't understand why she's not for "defund the police" rather than completely abolishing.
Because defunding is negotiating against our interests and is a watered down approach
@@EargasmEnt How so?
I feel the same way about defund the police
Why don't you try reading her book? lol
accountability for harm does not have to look like jail and prison exploitation... which is basically slavery. reformative and preventative justice IS doable.
Those two forms don't work on psychopaths and organized crime.
And how will you deal with rapists, murderers and thieves? Not to mention human traffickers, violent gangs and drug dealers. I'm all for getting resources and support for people, but we will always need police.
She literally has an entire chapter in her book that addresses your question. Try reading it.
@@protestadventures I will
@@anthonybarber3872 👍
No black men, no protection. 2nd amendment and men. Police are a reaction to the lack of our community not having men or being able to practice our 2nd amendment rights. All she talking is BS to a kid who can't get the drug dealer off his steps.
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I have never seen an abolitionist talk about the vision of the future, Even this lady didn't fully go into the vision instead talked about universal child care BS would solve all issues. What does it look like in a city like Baltimore or Chicago with let's say 10% of the police? If a person is going to go and a drastic measure like this they must have a vision, they must have a idea of what works looks like. But they don't seem to express it for people to understand.
If you actually read her book you would know that calls about violent crime only constitute about 3% of all 911 calls in certain major US cities.
Only a thief would wish for less police.
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Abolishing the police is stupid and naive.