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Toia Potts Interviewed on WBTV Charlotte

Toia Potts Interviewed on WBTV Charlotte

For Team Emancipate, the work to transform “child welfare” is personal. It is shaped by the experiences of Toia Potts, a grieving mother and Emancipate’s newest organizer. Durham’s family policing system terminated her parental rights for two boys after she spent...

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Durham DSS Slow to Reunify Kids with Families

Durham DSS Slow to Reunify Kids with Families

Last month, we shared our first set of infographics to visualize data from the Durham Department of Social Services. Our latest findings reinforce Toia's personal experience: as we continue to review the public records – which DSS denied to us until we sued them under...

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Catch the Latest from Black Light Mass Incarceration Show

Catch the Latest from Black Light Mass Incarceration Show

Don’t miss the latest episode from Emancipate’s Black Light Mass Incarceration Show, “The Life of a Lifer.” From education to mental health, hosts Cierra and Jeffrey Cobb – plus a special guest – break down what life is like for individuals facing...

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RPD Releases Bodycam Footage of Darryl Williams Murder

RPD Releases Bodycam Footage of Darryl Williams Murder

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...

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Emancipate ED Dawn Blagrove Essay on Changewire

Emancipate ED Dawn Blagrove Essay on Changewire

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...

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We Must Invest In Authentic Alternatives to the Police

We Must Invest In Authentic Alternatives to the Police

Emancipate NC seeks to build a vision — and reality — of authentic safety and wellness for our communities. We seek to dismantle systems of structural racism that mean that Black people are over-policed, over-incarcerated, and over-regulated – all...

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The Story of Lester Kearney

The Story of Lester Kearney

The following is commentary by Elizabeth Simpson about the trial of Lester Kearney, and Emancipate NC’s role in shifting the narrative in the case, in the face of unethical prosecution tactics. Lester Kearney is an innocent man. Or, at least, he’s absolutely innocent...

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Report Back on Durham DSS Public Records

Report Back on Durham DSS Public Records

Art by Dawn Blagrove For some time, Team Emancipate has been investigating the Durham County Department of Social Services (DSS). Last fall, we released a report full of county-level reforms to make Durham’s child welfare system work better for kids and their...

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It’s systemic racism, dummy

It’s systemic racism, dummy

Tyre Nichols is dead because systemic and institutional racism do not allow for Black people to be treated as human. Darryl Tyree Williams is dead because systemic and institutional racism do not allow for Black people to be treated as human.  It’s exhausting to...

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Emancipate Statement on RPD Murder of Darryl Tyree Williams

Emancipate Statement on RPD Murder of Darryl Tyree Williams

Thursday evening as members of the Emancipate NC team stood in a parking lot in southeast Raleigh, and watched balloons float into the air, celebrating the life of Darryl Tyree Williams, a man who was killed by RPD simply for being Black in an overpoliced...

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Updates From The Raleigh No-Knock Litigation

Updates From The Raleigh No-Knock Litigation

As our case against the Raleigh Police Department’s use of no-knock and quick-knock warrants progresses, the City of Raleigh’s attorneys are using questionable methods to attack the character of the plaintiffs, rather than own up and pay out the damages they owe....

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