by operations | Nov 20, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Catch Emancipate NC’s Ian Mance on the North Carolina Advocates for Justice podcast. Twenty-five years ago, North Carolina was the first state to create a database of traffic stops to track possible racial profiling. Today, that database has 36 million traffic stops....
by operations | Nov 20, 2024 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News
After a coalition press conference demanding prison releases due to overcrowding caused by Hurricane Helene, Emancipate NC joined Disability Rights NC, the ACLU of North Carolina, and six other human rights advocacy groups in a call for action. Emancipate NC was...
by operations | Nov 20, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
In early 2023, Emancipate NC launched the Raleigh HEART Coalition, a diverse group of stakeholders all dedicated to bringing unarmed, compassionate, alternative crisis response to the City of Raleigh. This effort was modeled after the successful HEART program in...
by operations | Nov 20, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
City pays $100,000 to 10-year-old autistic child and his mother to resolve lawsuit The City of New Bern has made significant revisions to its policies governing involuntary commitments (IVCs) and agreed to pay $100,000 to a 10-year-old child and his mother who were...
by operations | Nov 20, 2024 | Emancipate NC News
Dear Friends: We are truly in our feelings at Emancipate NC. The worst scenario has come to pass. The majority of our countrymen chose to abandon democracy and embrace hate. We cannot be afraid to say the truth aloud. Those who want to see us disappear are not...
by operations | Oct 30, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation
Over the summer Toia Potts testified to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights for North Carolina about her unjust experiences in the child welfare system. Yesterday, one commissioner, Gregory Wallace, spoke up about her case to discount her, stating that the termination...
