by operations | Jan 10, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Over the past decade, taxpayers have invested millions of dollars to equip police officers nationwide with body-worn cameras, promising a new era of transparency and accountability. A ProPublica article looks into the reality of this new era – where even when...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Dec 28, 2023 | Emancipate NC News
2023 was a beast, y’all. Despite that truth, Emancipate NC continues our fight for liberation and freedom from the racist carceral state and the systems and structures that enable and perpetuate it. 2023 has been a year of growth as much as it has been a year...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Dec 11, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
The Raleigh HEART Coalition needs your voice now more than ever! The City Manager’s Office is asking for community input on our coalition’s Alternative Crisis Response Unit proposal from now until March 2024. We need to show the City that...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Dec 11, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Reprinted from WNCN: Raleigh Police respond to a wide variety of calls, but should they? The City of Raleigh is developing an alternative response program where police officers wouldn’t show up to all 911 calls. The City Council discussed this at its Nov....
by operations | Nov 30, 2023 | Emancipate NC News
The H.E.A.R.T. Coalition has had a big November! At the Nov. 7th Raleigh City Council meeting, the city manager’s office presented an update on alternative response programs. The information presented was very much in line with the initial H.E.A.R.T....
by operations | Nov 30, 2023 | Emancipate NC News
Mark your calendars for the Free James Richardson Holiday Rally on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at 1:00 pm at the North Carolina Executive Mansion, 298 E Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601. James was convicted and sentenced to two life sentences without parole and has been...
