by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 14, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Commentary by Elizabeth Simpson The rulers make the rules. When they do, they impose their ideas of “right” and “wrong” on everybody else. That’s why alcohol is legal in North Carolina and weed is not. During Prohibition, as white Southerners brewed illegal moonshine...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 14, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Please join Emancipate NC’s Cierra Cobb and Kerwin Pittman, along with many allied people and organizations, at a coalition event on June 26 at 2 pm at Chavis Community Center to demonstrate solidarity with people in...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 14, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
On June 8, 2022, on the heels of Emancipate NC petitioning for release of body camera footage of the police shooting of Reuel Rodriguez-Nunez, Raleigh Police finally admitted they need a De-Escalation Policy. The police adopted Kerwin Pittman’s language,...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 14, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Legislative Updates
The following summary of Senate Bill 660 comes from our Justice League Fellow and summer intern, Kyla Holton. The proliferation of publish-for-pay entities publishing booking photographs is a problem that prevents people from achieving a fresh start with housing and...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 13, 2022 | Emancipate NC News
Pictured clockwise from top left: Caleb Barco, Kyla Holton, Maren Hurley, and Isabella Lane. Emancipate NC is proud to introduce our 2022 Summer Interns. Summer Interns assist us with all aspects of our work and bring us new energy and ideas. My name is Caleb...
