Category: Transparency and Accountability

Outside of ICE detention center, barbed wire fence

Justice System Reform

SCSJ Statement: ICE Detention Expansion Threatens Southern Communities

DURHAM, N.C. (March 24, 2026) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) is opposed to the federal government’s aggressive expansion of immigration detention centers, which…

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U.S. Citizen Represented by Civil Rights Groups Files Federal Claims After Violent Immigration Stop in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (March 3, 2026) — Today, Willy Wender Aceituno, a U.S. citizen, took steps to sue the U.S. government and filed federal damages claims…

Dominique Erney poses for a photo with Alisia Rea and Quinten Thomas

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Charges Dropped against UNCG Student, Partner After Violent Arrest

GREENSBORO, N.C. (Jan. 21, 2026) — Criminal charges against UNC-Greensboro (UNCG) student Alisia Rea, 22, and her partner, Quinten Thomas, 24, were voluntarily dismissed today…

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An Update on Edenton Confederate Monument, SCSJ’s Related Case

In early 2025, Southern Coalition for Social Justice filed a lawsuit in Chowan County Superior Court on behalf of five Eastern North Carolina residents alleging…

NCCU students and faculty celebrate with SCSJ attorneys

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Charges Dropped Against NCCU Students from Housing Protest

DURHAM, N.C. (Sept. 23, 2025) — Criminal charges against three people who were arrested during an April campus protest over North Carolina Central University’s (NCCU)…

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Settlement Reached in Abrams Lawsuit, Securing Important Parole Reforms for People Sentenced as Children

RALEIGH, N.C. (Sept. 16, 2025) — Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) has reached a settlement with the North Carolina Parole Commission that will implement…

Durham public school and child writing in a notebook at school

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Racial Equity Report Cards Reveal Stark Disparities Persist for Black Students in NC Schools

DURHAM, N.C. (Sept. 10, 2025) – While North Carolina classrooms have been open for about a month, Southern Coalition for Social Justice’s (SCSJ) 2023–24 Racial…

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Court Orders Full Release of Police Bodycam Footage from NCCU Protest Arrests

UPDATE (July 17, 2025) — SCSJ has made the police bodycam footage accessible to the public here. DURHAM, N.C (June 11, 2025) — A Durham…

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Childcare Advocates, Clergy Celebrate as Protest Charges Dropped

DURHAM, N.C. (Dec. 10, 2024) – Charges were dismissed Tuesday against eight concerned faith leaders, childcare advocates, and clergy members who were arrested at the North…

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Charlotte Police Body Cam Footage Illustrates Inappropriate, Unjustified Response in Steele Creek Arrest

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Dec. 13, 2023) — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) released body camera footage this week from an arrest initially caught on a bystander’s…

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