by operations | Jul 6, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Since James Lanier was killed by police in Wallace, North Carolina (Duplin County) earlier this year, his family and friends have struggled with grief and the search for meaning in this tragedy. Team Emancipate has worked with the family in efforts to demand...
by operations | Jun 22, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Team Emancipate is excited to announce a new menu of local policies that reduce or constrain the footprint of armed police to help make our communities genuinely safer, anywhere you live in North Carolina. Developed by a team of Duke Law students and Emancipate...
by operations | Jun 22, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Family Regulation, Policing
The Durham Safety and Wellness Task Force was convened with the mission to develop proposals to increase the safety and wellness of all of Durham’s residents. Emancipate’s Toia Potts is a member of the Task Force, appointed by the Durham County Commission. Over the...
by operations | Jun 8, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Last week, the INDY Week covered our $350,000 settlement with the City of Raleigh in litigation about a wrongful home raid executed against Yolanda Irving and Kenya Walton and their families: During the 16 months the case was fought in civil court, lawyers...
by operations | Jun 8, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
James Lanier, a Black man, was unarmed, unclothed, and suffering from a mental health crisis when he was tased, shot, and killed by police in February outside a mini mart in his hometown of Wallace, NC. Lanier had struggled with schizophrenia from a young age; police...
by Elizabeth Simpson | Jun 1, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
Photo credit: Cornell Watson (Kenya Walton (L) and Yolanda Irving (R)) On May 23, 2023, the Plaintiffs in Yolanda Irving et al. v. City of Raleigh et al., reached a settlement in their federal lawsuit with the City of Raleigh for $350,000.* Plaintiffs—two Black...
