We can contrast Campaign Zero with the movement for police abolition. The activists in Campaign Zero come out of the Black Lives Matter movement, as does the Derecka Purnell, the author of the piece for this board.  But their politics are different.

In what follows, I want you

(a) explain and evaluate Purnell's piece and

(b) compare its goals to that of Campaign Zero.

 

In particular, I want you to answer the following questions for explication:

What does Purnell mean by police abolition?

How did she come to the position that she has?

How would you compare and contrast her position with that of Campaign Zero?

I also want you to explore some questions for evaluation?

What do you think of the proposal for prison abolition?

If we were to abolish the police, what kinds of structures would we have to put in place?

Is your own position closer to Purnell or Campaign Zero? Or do you have a third position? Whichever it is, explain in some detail why this is your position.

To see the proposals and learn more about Campaign Zero, visit

joincampaignzero.org website

Campaign Zero against the Movement for Police Abolition

?Campaign zero advocates for utter changes in policymaking to offer solutions to escalating police violence. The police's heated debate emerged since the deadly clashes between the police and the Black Live Matter movement. In his work, Purnell focuses on the underlying policy-making issues that support BLM calls and significant police reforms (Campaign Zero, 2020). Purnell was seemingly thinking of apparently replacing the entire police unit and introducing new and reformed police operations by saying police abolition. 

Compared to Campaign Zero, Purnell is driven by a small responsive mind towards challenging conflicts. He is a militarized responsive unit, and unlike BLM protesters, Purnell is in for a tangible confrontation with them. Campaign Zero is aimed at lifting the police's responsibility while Purnell is for sustained pressure to expose the unaccountable security apparatus within his hands (Campaign Zero, 2020).

Step-by-step explanation

Campaign zero advocates for utter changes in policymaking to offer solutions to escalating police violence. The police's heated debate emerged since the deadly clashes between the police and the Black Live Matter movement. In his work, Purnell focuses on the underlying policy-making issues that support BLM calls and significant police reforms (Campaign Zero, 2020). Purnell was seemingly thinking of apparently replacing the entire police unit and introducing new and reformed police operations by saying police abolition. 

Compared to Campaign Zero, Purnell is driven by a small responsive mind towards challenging conflicts. He is a militarized responsive unit, and unlike BLM protesters, Purnell is in for a tangible confrontation with them. Campaign Zero is aimed at lifting the police's responsibility while Purnell is for sustained pressure to expose the unaccountable security apparatus within his hands (Campaign Zero, 2020). Abolish the police is another communication against anti-Black white supremacist institutions of governance and law and order. The language of abortion gives the essential facets that perpetuate America's longstanding employment of state-sanctioned coercion, such as violence and black peoples' control.

Some of the policy and structural changes for abolishing the police include inclusivity attributes and criminalization of white dominance, and structural impendent for changes made to report to work. Others include training, eliminating profit policing mindset, smart technology in security apparatus, monitoring all police communication networks, and forensic information at their secret disposal (Campaign Zero, 2020).