by operations | Apr 9, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Thanks to Attorneys Jaelyn Miller, Ian Mance, and Dillon Sharpe — along with Intern Jared Nava — Team Emancipate secured the dismissal of all charges this week for a client in Pitt County. This victory began with a report submitted through our Report the Police...
by operations | Mar 26, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Jamie Marsicano, a former legal intern with Emancipate NC, has filed a federal lawsuit against the Atlanta Police Department alongside co-plaintiff Xavier T. de Janon. The suit challenges the department’s pattern of systemic arrests and pretextual charges targeting...
by operations | Mar 26, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman has dismissed 180 criminal cases after determining that two North Carolina state troopers—Garrett Macario and Matthew Morrison—lack credibility as witnesses. The decision follows a growing scandal uncovered during the...
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 | Oct 30, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
What does it take for a city to hold its own accountable? On Friday, Oct 25, Emancipate NC held a press conference in response to the demotion of RPD Officer Twiddy who had a long and problematic track record with the Black community. Because of NC laws denying...
by operations | Sep 4, 2024 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
In the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, police reform was all the rage. Across the country, Civilian Review Boards were established with the idea that they would hold police accountable and champion transparency. But, most of these boards have limited...
