/tags/emancipate-nc Emancipate NC en-US Copyright Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:48:28 GMT /race-demographics/2023-02-14/edenton-confederate-monument-stalled-divided-eastern-nc If you’re driving on U.S. Highway 17, close to the line dividing Bertie and Chowan counties, a new billboard might catch your eye. It reads: “Welcome to Edenton. We Apologize for the Confederate Statue. We’re Working on It.” Tue, 14 Feb 2023 19:48:28 GMT /race-demographics/2023-02-14/edenton-confederate-monument-stalled-divided-eastern-nc Leoneda Inge /news/2022-06-17/tyrrell-county-activists-want-confederate-monument-moved The 23-foot statue of a Confederate soldier was erected in 1902 and includes the inscription that it was dedicated "in appreciation of our faithful slaves." Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:47:07 GMT /news/2022-06-17/tyrrell-county-activists-want-confederate-monument-moved Jason deBruyn /news/2022-01-19/report-raleigh-officer-fired-shots-440-crash-daniel-turcios Raleigh police officer A.A. Smith fired two shots at Daniel Turcios, then about five seconds later, fired another three shots. That's according to a report from the Raleigh police department that was released by the city Wednesday. Wed, 19 Jan 2022 18:38:16 GMT /news/2022-01-19/report-raleigh-officer-fired-shots-440-crash-daniel-turcios Jason deBruyn /news/2022-01-18/activists-family-say-man-was-shot-multiple-times-by-raleigh-police Police reform advocates say a Raleigh police officer shot Daniel Turcios multiple times, including after he was lying on the ground following a vehicle crash last week. Tue, 18 Jan 2022 22:17:17 GMT /news/2022-01-18/activists-family-say-man-was-shot-multiple-times-by-raleigh-police Jason deBruyn /show/the-state-of-things/2020-09-28/a-black-nationalist-upbringing-fueled-a-criminal-justice-reformer-meet-dawn-blagrove Dawn Blagrove identified her life's work at an early age. As a young girl growing up in 1970s segregated Milwaukee, she read Sam Greenlee's novel "The… Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:09:06 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-09-28/a-black-nationalist-upbringing-fueled-a-criminal-justice-reformer-meet-dawn-blagrove Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2020-09-28/a-black-nationalist-upbringing-fueled-a-criminal-justice-reformer-meet-dawn-blagrove Dawn Blagrove identified her life's work at an early age. As a young girl growing up in 1970s segregated Milwaukee, she read Sam Greenlee's novel "The… Mon, 28 Sep 2020 16:09:06 GMT /race-demographics/2020-09-28/a-black-nationalist-upbringing-fueled-a-criminal-justice-reformer-meet-dawn-blagrove Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-02/how-do-we-hold-police-officers-accountable-in-nc On Memorial Day, former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin put his knee on George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, leaving it there after Floyd… Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:00:41 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-06-02/how-do-we-hold-police-officers-accountable-in-nc Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2020-06-02/how-do-we-hold-police-officers-accountable-in-nc On Memorial Day, former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin put his knee on George Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, leaving it there after Floyd… Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:00:41 GMT /race-demographics/2020-06-02/how-do-we-hold-police-officers-accountable-in-nc Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio