by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 3, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Photo Depicts Summer Intern Jasmin Benas and Executive Director Dawn Blagrove at the Refund Raleigh event. Report on Refund Raleigh event by Intern Jasmin Benas The 2021-2022 FY Raleigh Budget includes a $5 million dollar increase to the Raleigh Police Budget,...
by Elizabeth Simpson | May 21, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Photo depicts Kristie Puckett-Williams and Kerwin Pittman in handcuffs, but undaunted, in Elizabeth City, NC, after being arrested in the course of protests. Police arrested Emancipate NC Organizer Kerwin Pittman and Emancipate NC Board Member Kristie...
by Elizabeth Simpson | May 21, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty, Mass Incarceration
Photo depicts Emancipate NC Advocate Cierra Cobb speaking to WRAL after Mr. Kearney’s bond hearing in Warrenton, NC on May 20, 2021. A criminal justice system void of justice is just criminal. Mr. Lester Kearney, Sr. is a victim of a criminal system, so...
by Elizabeth Simpson | May 18, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty, Mass Incarceration, Uncategorized
Bond Motion Reveals That Defendant in Lake Gaston Home Invasion May Be Innocent; Has Been Unfairly Tried In the Media Warrenton, NC, May 20, 2021–Countless sensational news stories have already convicted Lester Kearney of the capital murder of Dr. Nancy Alford...
by Elizabeth Simpson | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Policing
On April 21, Pasquotank County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr. Since that date, Emancipate NC staff members, Board, and Justice League Fellows have been on the ground–protesting, bailing out arrested people, coordinating with NLG Legal...
by Elizabeth Simpson | May 11, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
In May 2019, a 68-year-old Black woman named Stephanie Bottom was pulled over by officers from the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office and the Salisbury Police Department. The officers were attempting to conduct a traffic stop, as Bottom was allegedly driving 80 mph in a...
