Derecka PurnellDerecka Purnell is a human-rights lawyer, writer, organizer, and a columnist at The Guardian (London). She received her JD from Harvard Law School and works to end police and prison violence by providing legal assistance, reearch, 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, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, The Appeal, Truthout, Slate, and many other publications. Read More Read Less