by operations | Sep 24, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
On May 25, 2024, Thomas J. Simmons, a 44-year-old Native American man from Pitt County, suffered an epileptic seizure while driving in Greenville. His car sideswiped another vehicle and crashed into a utility pole. Witnesses told responding officer Sgt. Ashley B....
by operations | Sep 24, 2025 | Don't Plead to Weed, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Elizabeth Simpson, Strategic Director for Emancipate NC, recently authored an op-ed published in the News & Observer making the case against allowing police to use the odor of marijuana as justification for searches. She writes: “The N.C. Supreme Court should hold...
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 | Jul 30, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
We’re proud to share that Emancipate NC has been selected as a recipient of a Catalyst Grant from the Urban Institute, in partnership with the Microsoft Justice Reform Initiative. The Catalyst Grant Program supports nonprofits that are working to advance racial equity...
by operations | Jul 16, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
On June 25, 2025, Emancipate NC team members Dillon Sharpe, Dedan Waciuri, and Brandon Scicluna traveled to the Pitt County Courthouse to stand in solidarity with Anthony Drayton, who continues to fight false charges of resisting and assaulting police officers. In...
by operations | Jul 2, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Watch virtual press conference→ On June 28, 2025, Emancipate NC Organizer Dedan Waciuri and Attorney Dillon Sharpe held a virtual press conference to rally support for Anthony Drayton, who was violently assaulted by Greenville police earlier this year. On February 24,...
