by operations | May 11, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Image credit: ABC 11 News Last Friday, after meeting with Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman, national civil rights attorney Ben Crump joined again with Emancipate’s Dawn Blagrove at a press conference to call for the termination and criminal prosecution of...
by operations | Apr 27, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Painting of Darryl Williams, a man tased to death by RPD earlier this year, by Ashlee Inscoe Over the past years, we have written and spoken extensively about the Raleigh Police Department’s track record of police murders, excessive force, racial profiling, First...
by operations | Apr 13, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
Photo credit: Cornell Watson for Rolling Stone The recent investigative report by Rolling Stone about the Raleigh Police Department and former detective Omar Abdullah reveals three things: (1) the depths of corruption at RPD, (2) its harms, and (3) what...
by operations | Mar 16, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
To realize a world free of police violence, we need to invest in alternatives to police. Durham residents have the opportunity to do so this year — if their city council approves the funding. If you are a resident of Durham, NC, sign this petition now to expand the...
by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Emancipate NC News, Policing
On January 10, 2023, five Black police officers beat and subsequently murdered Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee. Since that tragic day, our communities have offered reactions, responses, and questions about whether or not this police murder is different because the...
by operations | Mar 2, 2023 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing
For more than a year, Emancipate NC’s Ian Mance has been working on a case involving yet another excessive use of force by police, this time in Salisbury, NC. Stephanie Bottom, a 67-year-old Black woman who works as a public librarian, was driving from her home in...
