by Mandie Sellars | Jun 13, 2020 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
by Dawn Blagrove, Executive Director As Sam Cooke sang — a change is gonna come. Never have these words been more true in my lifetime. Never have I been more sure that a radical reimagining and rebuilding of the American criminal justice system is...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 13, 2020 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
by Aneesha Tucker, EmancipateNC Intern Dignity in Schools is launching a vision called “Counselors Not Cops: Ending the Regular Presence of Law Enforcement” that imagines an alternative to the regular occupation of law enforcement in schools. The data on arrests and...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 9, 2020 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Policing
A North Carolina Superior Court judge announced a ruling in favor of plaintiffs today, finding that plaintiffs were likely to win their claim that people incarcerated in North Carolina prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic are being held under unconstitutional...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 4, 2020 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
No matter where you live in North Carolina, we encourage you to use this moment to contact your local city council members to demand change. City Council members have the power to make lasting policy changes that will reduce police violence. You can use and adapt our...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 4, 2020 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
On June 2, the Raleigh City Council held a special meeting, one in which they failed to make any significant progress towards preventing police violence and holding officers accountable for civil rights violations or excessive force. Emancipate NC, along with other...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 2, 2020 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
On June 2, Emancipate NC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove spoke with host Frank Stasio on the State of Things. They discussed the ongoing protests in downtown Raleigh, how to hold police accountable, and what policies activists are pushing for. Blagrove also provided...
