by Mandie Sellars | Dec 31, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Policing
On December 16, 2018, CJPC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove joined Irving Joyner and April Dawson, law professors at North Carolina Central University School of Law, for their weekly one-hour show. They dive deep into criminal justice reform topics that include mass...
by Mandie Sellars | Dec 27, 2018 | Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Policing
By Syd Roberts, Communications Staff This December CJPC, Executive Director Dawn Blagrove was able to share her breadth of expertise on a police accountability panel at the 75th Annual NAACP of NC State Convention in Raleigh. Towards the end of a day full of...
by Mandie Sellars | Dec 9, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
On Saturday, December 8, CJPC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove joined Rev. Curtis E. Gatewood, President & Founder for JUSTICE Ministration and the Stop Killing Us (SKU) Solutions Campaign and other community activists and families of police violence victims for a...
by Mandie Sellars | Aug 13, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Policing
By Mandie Sellars, CJPC Board Member It wasn’t until I saw the coffin-sized metal box above my head with the name Wake County on it that I froze. My body could no longer move, as tears streamed silently down my cheeks. The box bore three simple pieces of data: the...
by Mandie Sellars | Jul 13, 2018 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
The Police Accountability Community Taskforce, or PACT, is calling for the creation of an official community police oversight board in Raleigh. The Carolina Justice Policy Center and an advocacy group called Save Our Sons are also working with PACT. This move comes in...
by Mandie Sellars | Jun 28, 2018 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Judge A. Graham Shirley of Wake County has ordered certain video and audio recordings from the Wake County Sheriff department, Raleigh police department, and state troopers to be released. They are now available to be viewed by the public. They are from the body and...
