by Elizabeth Simpson | Jul 19, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
For the past three years, Emancipate NC has partnered with the Vera Institute of Justice, the NAACP of Wilson County, and CAPE, to transform Wilson County by reducing jail populations. Our lens is child welfare, and the way in which pretrial detention of a parent...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 22, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Justice League, Mass Incarceration, Policing
It has been two years since the racial justice protests that roiled our state capital in Summer 2020, following the police murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Since then, Emancipate NC has strived to convert that energy into transformation of our dominant...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 14, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
On June 8, 2022, on the heels of Emancipate NC petitioning for release of body camera footage of the police shooting of Reuel Rodriguez-Nunez, Raleigh Police finally admitted they need a De-Escalation Policy. The police adopted Kerwin Pittman’s language,...
by Elizabeth Simpson | May 26, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
On May 13, Emancipate NC Associate Director Elizabeth Simpson filed an amicus brief in the North Carolina Supreme Court about probable cause and cannabis. It calls for the Court to stop police from using the smell of “weed” as a pretext to...
by Elizabeth Simpson | May 26, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
On May 14, Emancipate NC Director of Policy and Program Kerwin Pittman and Organizer Dedan Waciuri traveled to Wilmington, North Carolina for a Know Your Rights event. The event was sponsored by the ACLU of North Carolina,...
by Elizabeth Simpson | May 5, 2022 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Photo Credit: Ben McKeown, News Observer Throughout Summer 2020, Emancipate NC supported protests after the tragic and brutal police murder of George Floyd. In addition to our active presence in the streets and speaking at events, we also provided infrastructure in...
