by operations | Jun 17, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Join Emancipate NC in Greenville, North Carolina, on June 23, 2025, for a press conference in support of Anthony Drayton, who was violently assaulted by Greenville police officers earlier this year. Emancipate NC Attorney Dillon Sharpe represents Mr. Drayton on...
by operations | Jun 17, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
On June 10, 2025, Emancipate NC Attorney Dillon Sharpe, alongside Attorney Dominique Erney of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, appeared in Durham County Superior Court to advocate for transparency and justice. They represented North Carolina Central...
by operations | Jun 4, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
In a powerful example of how data can expose racial profiling and change legal outcomes, Emancipate NC Senior Counsel Ian Mance recently played a key role in a Wake County criminal case that ended with the dismissal of a serious felony charge. Mance was called as an...
by operations | May 7, 2025 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
The police are not broken. They’re doing exactly what they were designed to do: protect property, enforce white supremacy, and crush resistance. For Black people, especially those who understand our struggle through a revolutionary lens, talking to the police is not...
by operations | Apr 23, 2025 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
A few weeks ago, Emancipate NC, alongside ACLU of North Carolina and Muslim Advocates, filed a lawsuit against UNC-Chapel Hill for violating the constitutional rights of student protesters during the 2023–2024 campus demonstrations in...
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...
