by Elizabeth Simpson | Nov 29, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing, Raising the Juvenile Age
The Education Justice Taskforce, consisting of the Education Justice Alliance, Advancement Project, Emancipate NC, and Legal Aid of NC, has recently launched a new webpage for submitting complaints about misconduct by School Resource Officers (SROs) in North Carolina...
by Holly Blackburn | Oct 26, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Events, Policing
Emancipate NC’s Jaelyn Miller partnered with the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) and hosted a screening of a documentary on the creation and success of Durham’s H.E.A.R.T program on October 18th, 2023. Following the documentary Jaelyn led a discussion with the...
by Holly Blackburn | Oct 12, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Mark your calendars for October 18, 2023, at 6:30 PM. The Raleigh H.E.A.R.T. Coalition is hosting a screening of a documentary about the creation and success of Durham’s H.E.A.R.T. program. The coalition comprises nonprofit, faith-based, and healthcare...
by Holly Blackburn | Oct 12, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
The city of Salisbury and the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office have agreed to pay $125,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by Emancipate NC’s client, Stephanie Bottom, a 71-year-old librarian. In 2019, she was pulled out of her car by her hair during a traffic stop while she...
by Holly Blackburn | Sep 27, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Defendants to pay $125,000 to woman grabbed by her hair in traffic stop A settlement has been reached in Bottom v. City of Salisbury, et al., a federal civil rights lawsuit brought by 70-year-old librarian Stephanie Bottom against law enforcement officers in Rowan...
by Holly Blackburn | Sep 27, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Last week Jaelyn Miller spoke to Raleigh’s City Council in support of the Raleigh H.E.A.R.T. Coalition’s proposal. After speaking, Livable Raleigh reprinted her comments: Our Coalition, through that proposal, is asking the city council to embed a mental health...