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14 year old, Malcolm Zigler, unlawfully handcuffed and detained by Fuquay-Varina Police

14 year old, Malcolm Zigler, unlawfully handcuffed and detained by Fuquay-Varina Police

by Aneesha Tucker | Feb 22, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing, Uncategorized

Photo credits: Jade Wilson By Aneesha Tucker, Emancipate NC Intern On January 30, 2021, Fuquay-Varina Police unreasonably handcuffed and detained Malcolm Zigler, a 14 year old Black boy, for “stealing” a dirt bike that he purchased. Zigler started working on dirt...
Remove Confederate Monuments Now

Remove Confederate Monuments Now

by Elizabeth Simpson | Feb 18, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Uncategorized

In a series of demonstrations spurred initially by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, some twenty million Americans took to the streets over the past year in mass mobilizations for racial justice, historic expressions of public grief and anger...
Emancipate NC Seeks Constitutional and Humane Conditions for NC Returning Citizens

Emancipate NC Seeks Constitutional and Humane Conditions for NC Returning Citizens

by Mandie Sellars | Jan 24, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Mass Incarceration, Uncategorized

Mr. Erik Hooks, SecretaryMs. Jodi Harrison, Deputy General Counsel N.C. Department of Public Safety Re: Durham “COVID Motel” Dear Secretary Hooks and Attorney Harrison, As an organization that is based in Durham and focused on criminal justice issues, we have followed...
Emancipate NC Statement on the Insurrection of the U.S. Capitol

Emancipate NC Statement on the Insurrection of the U.S. Capitol

by Mandie Sellars | Jan 8, 2021 | Criminal Justice Reform, Emancipate NC News, Policing, Uncategorized

Digesting what happened to America yesterday will take time. We do not profess to have fully processed, but as we work through unpacking the historic insurrection that occurred, more and more layers will be laid bare. We have seen many emails from organizations,...
CJPC Executive Director Joins Local Activists to Demand Accountability from Raleigh Police

CJPC Executive Director Joins Local Activists to Demand Accountability from Raleigh Police

by Mandie Sellars | Jun 5, 2019 | Uncategorized

On June 4, 2019, CJPC Executive Director Dawn Blagrove joined fellow activists in front of city hall to demand accountability from the Raleigh Police Department in the wake of Soheil Maharrad’s recent death. Blagrove was joined by Rolanda Byrd (Raleigh PACT),...

The Death Penalty: Going Beyond Moral Arguments

by Mandie Sellars | Jan 10, 2019 | Emancipate NC News, Ending the Death Penalty, Uncategorized

By CJPC Intern Lily Walter The debate over the death penalty has long been about morality. Those in favor argue that the punishment must fit the crime, and that the taking of the life deserves the loss of one’s life. Those opposed argue that we cannot be the arbiters...
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Emancipate NC was founded on the knowledge that mass incarceration and structural racism harm all of us. Prison is state-sponsored violence. We are all complicit in its harms. As an organization, we are dedicated to shifting the narrative on racialized mass incarceration through community education and mobilization. The mainstream narrative that criminalizes Black and Brown people must be transformed—so that we can all get free.  Emancipate NC is a project of the Carolina Justice Policy Center.

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