by operations | Apr 27, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Painting of Darryl Williams, a man tased to death by RPD earlier this year, by Ashlee Inscoe Over the past years, we have written and spoken extensively about the Raleigh Police Department’s track record of police murders, excessive force, racial profiling, First...
by operations | Apr 27, 2023 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News
Twenty people joined Dedan Waiciuri and Jaelyn Miller for Emancipate’s first-ever webinar about our Don’t Plead to Weed (DPW) campaign on 4/20, an exciting launch to what we plan to be the first of many educational events about DPW. In the webinar, Dedan and Jaelyn...
by operations | Apr 27, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
Last week, Dawn joined the North Carolina Black and Brown Policy Network’s (BBPN) Advocacy Day at the NC General Assembly. BBPN formed out of the COVID-19 pandemic to address the urgent need for change, substantial resources, policy overhaul, and equity for...
by operations | Apr 13, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Photo credit: Cornell Watson for Rolling Stone The recent investigative report by Rolling Stone about the Raleigh Police Department and former detective Omar Abdullah reveals three things: (1) the depths of corruption at RPD, (2) its harms, and (3) what...
by operations | Apr 13, 2023 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration
Community members and lawyers alike, join Team Emancipate’s Dedan and Jaelyn next Thursday (4/20) at 6:00pm to learn why you or your client shouldn’t always plead guilty to marijuana-related charges. The core of our Don’t Plead to Weed campaign is this: in...
