by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
On January 10, 2023, five Black police officers beat and subsequently murdered Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee. Since that tragic day, our communities have offered reactions, responses, and questions about whether or not this police murder is different because the...
by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News
Want to look great and help people know their rights? We’ve got the swag for you! Head to the Emancipate NC online store now and grab one of our new Don’t Plead to Weed tees. The Don’t Plead to Weed campaign is backed by lawyers and the notion that people don’t...
by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Last Monday morning, Team Emancipate’s Dedan Waciuri and Jaelyn Miller sat together in the Greenville, NC, Pitt County courthouse. They were there for our Don’t Plead to Weed (DPW) campaign. To quote Dedan, the Pitt County judges pass out criminal convictions for...
by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Emancipate NC News
Join the rest of Team Emancipate in congratulating Executive Director Dawn Blagrove on receiving the Consider It Done award this month from Color of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization! Color of Change hosted the Black History Now awards in...
by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
For more than a year, Emancipate NC’s Ian Mance has been working on a case involving yet another excessive use of force by police, this time in Salisbury, NC. Stephanie Bottom, a 67-year-old Black woman who works as a public librarian, was driving from her home in...
