by operations | Feb 16, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
On Tuesday, February 28, 2023, from 7pm – 8pm, Emancipate NC and other groups in the End SolitaryNC Coalition will co-host a virtual listening session via Zoom to discuss and help raise awareness about the harms caused by exposure to solitary...
by operations | Feb 16, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Image credit: Bob Karp (@photopup) Last Friday, after revealing the videos to his family, the Raleigh Police Department released the bodycam and security camera footage of its officers tasing Darryl Williams to death. The recordings capture the violence with which...
by operations | Feb 16, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Policing
Graphic by Olivia Lei “‘Hello, parents!’ That was the phrase, offered by Tyre’s mother as a normal greeting from him when he came into the house, that broke me this time.” So begins Dawn Blagrove’s latest story on Changewire.org, titled “From Memphis to...
by operations | Feb 2, 2023 | Confederate monuments, Emancipate NC News
Even when the long shadow of structural racism and white supremacy falls more quietly upon Black and brown communities, it is still harmful. The Move the Monument Coalition Edenton-Chowan has been fighting to remove a Confederate monument in Edenton, NC, one of the...
by operations | Feb 2, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Image credit: Bob Karp (@photopup) In the wake of police murders, Emancipate responds. Gone are the days when Raleigh PD can direct the media narrative and make undisputed claims that its officers’ killings are “justified force.” On Tuesday, January 24, we...
