by operations | Aug 13, 2025 | Emancipate NC News
Fayetteville is taking a bold step toward compassionate, community-centered public safety with the creation of the Office of Community Safety (OCS)—shifting from an enforcement-first approach to collaborative, non-armed crisis intervention that prioritizes care,...
by operations | Aug 13, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates
By Phillip Vance Smith II A new North Carolina law taking effect on December 1, 2025, will impose a seven-year limit on filing post-conviction appeals through a Motion for Appropriate Relief (MAR), potentially preventing wrongfully convicted people from proving their...
by operations | Aug 13, 2025 | Emancipate NC News
Emancipate NC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove was a featured presenter at the 10th Annual HBCU Think Tank, themed BLACKOLOPY—a celebration of collective Black ownership, economic empowerment, political awareness, and cultural pride. BLACKOLOPY, inspired by Monopoly...
by operations | Aug 13, 2025 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Policing
By Emancipate Attorney Jaelyn Miller Emancipate NC attorneys Jaelyn Miller, Elizabeth Simpson, and Dillon Sharpe have filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Greenville Police Department after a student was wrongfully searched and cited for marijuana...
by operations | Aug 13, 2025 | Emancipate NC News
We’re celebrating a major tenant rights win by Emancipate NC attorney Jaelyn Miller. She recently secured the full return of a wrongfully withheld security deposit for Ms. Thompson, an elderly tenant who had left her rental home in excellent condition and met every...
