by Elizabeth Simpson | Jan 23, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
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...
by operations | Jan 20, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
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....
by operations | Jan 4, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Recently, on the Black Light Mass Incarceration Show, Emancipate NC’s Cierra Cobb interviewed April Barber. In 2022, April earned one of the first commutations from Governor Roy Cooper from the Juvenile Sentencing Review Board. April went into prison pregnant at...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Dec 30, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
As 2022 comes to a close, Executive Director Dawn Blagrove responds to the arrest of a student at Winston Salem State University. Please make an end-of-year donation to Emancipate NC to protect Black humanity in North Carolina and keep our mission strong in...
by operations | Nov 22, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
Earlier this week, Emancipate’s Kerwin Pittman accepted his reappointment by Governor Cooper to the NC Taskforce for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice (TREC). In this role, Kerwin has helped propose much-needed changes to the state’s criminal justice system...
by operations | Nov 16, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
Emancipate NC is excited to bring you a highly-demanded Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminar to kick off the new year. Sliding scale for attorneys and free for students! Join us on Friday, January 20, 2023, from 9:30am – 4:00pm for Lawyering in Service...
