by Elizabeth Simpson | Mar 29, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty, Mass Incarceration, Policing
On Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at 10 am, Emancipate NC will hold a virtual press conference via Zoom to share an open letter to Attorney General Josh Stein. Speakers include Emancipate NC Executive Director, Attorney Dawn Blagrove, Emancipate NC staff attorney Ian...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Mar 27, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Policing
by Kate Evans, Emancipate NC Intern Raleigh Demands Justice holds virtual press conference following resignation of Raleigh Police Advisory Board members On March 10, two members of the Raleigh Police Advisory Board resigned. Scotia Burrell and Stacey Carless, former...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Feb 25, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Legislative Updates, Policing
Photo credit: Simone Hogan / Shutterstock.com Emancipate NC is an organization working on behalf of Black and Brown North Carolinians directly impacted by systemic racism and insufferable injustice. The undersigned strongly oppose SB 100. We write to oppose the...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Feb 25, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Direct link to the reports released by the Town of Apex At the request of multiple Apex citizens at Tuesday’s town council meeting, the Town of Apex leadership made the prudent decision to release a series of organizational climate assessment reports, conducted over...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Feb 22, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing, Uncategorized
Photo credits: Jade Wilson By Aneesha Tucker, Emancipate NC Intern On January 30, 2021, Fuquay-Varina Police unreasonably handcuffed and detained Malcolm Zigler, a 14 year old Black boy, for “stealing” a dirt bike that he purchased. Zigler started working on dirt...
by Mandie Sellars | Jan 8, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing, Uncategorized
Digesting what happened to America yesterday will take time. We do not profess to have fully processed, but as we work through unpacking the historic insurrection that occurred, more and more layers will be laid bare. We have seen many emails from organizations,...
