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Ian Mance

February 4, 2015

Zero tolerance drug policies cannot alleviate poverty

This post is a response to Mayor William V. “Bill” Bell’s recent guest column, “First steps key in long journey to eliminate poverty.”  Zero tolerance drug policies cannot alleviate poverty Dear Mayor Bell, Ray Gronberg e-mailed me last week asking me to respond to new language in the city’s anti-poverty initiative calling for a “zero tolerance” […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconDrug Policy,  FADE,  Ian Mance,  poverty,  SpiritHouse Inc,  zero tolerance

November 20, 2014

Activists Wield Search Data to Challenge and Change Police Policy

DURHAM, N.C. — One month after a Latino youth died from a gunshot as he sat handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser here last year, 150 demonstrators converged on Police Headquarters, some shouting “murderers” as baton-wielding officers in riot gear fired tear gas. The police say the youth shot himself with a hidden […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag icondata,  Durham Police,  Frank Baumgartner,  Ian Mance,  racial disparity,  Racial Profiling,  stop-and-search

November 18, 2014

SCSJ Files Suit Challenging Mistreatment at Lanesboro Correctional

Five men formerly held at Lanesboro Correction Institution in Anson County, NC have filed a federal lawsuit alleging that officers repeatedly helped gang-affiliated inmates get weapons and wage attacks. Plaintiffs in the case allege that they were violently assaulted by fellow prisoners wielding contraband weapons, and that corrections staff were aware of these attacks and […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconDaryl Atkinson,  Ian Mance,  Lanesboro,  Lanesboro Correctional,  Scott Holmes

September 18, 2014

Success In Campaign Against Durham PD Racial Profiling

We are glad to report that the campaign against racial profiling in Durham has begun to result in important and concrete changes to departmental policies. It was one year ago this week that SCSJ joined its partners in the FADE coalition in marching from the Durham Police Department to the steps of City Hall. On […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Criminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconDurham City Council,  Durham Human Relations Commission,  Durham Police Department,  FADE,  Ian Mance,  Soros Justice Fellow

July 21, 2014

Real Experiences with Racial Profiling

Since early 2013, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, in conjunction with our partners in the FADE coalition, has been sounding the alarm with city leaders about racially disparate policing practices in our hometown of Durham, NC. SCSJ attorneys, analysts, and organizers have played a significant role in supporting members of directly affected communities in […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconDurham Police Department,  Evey Wilson,  FADE,  Ian Mance,  Racial Profiling

April 10, 2014

Shocking police overreach haunts Southern city: Racial profiling, quotas and secret “conviction bonuses”

Shocking police overreach haunts Southern city: Racial profiling, quotas and secret “conviction bonuses”   How a federal grant incentivized a police department to go nuts on drug arrests — and terrorize its community Spencer Woodman This article originally appeared at Salon.com on April 10, 2014. In the late afternoon of Jan. 3, Robin Dean, a […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconDurham Police Department,  Ian Mance,  Police Misconduct,  Racial Profiling,  stop-and-search

February 26, 2014

SCSJ's Ian Mance interviewed on Durham racial profiling

DURHAM (WTVD) — The Durham Police Department has responded to accusations of racial profiling with a 45-page report that it says shows there is no bias in how officers choose to make traffic stops and search people.   Click here to read the report (.pdf) Groups, including the NAACP and the Southern Coalition for Social […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconDurham Police,  Ian Mance,  Racial Profiling

January 23, 2014

Time to Act to end racial profiling in Durham

In the continuing community dialogue over allegations of racial profiling and police misconduct in Durham, last night’s meeting featured presentations by SCSJ’s Ian Manceand Daryl Atkinson. Mance opened his presentation by providing an overview of DPD traffic stop data and the results of a multivariate analysis which showed race to be a statistically significant predictor […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Criminal Justice,  Recent News,  Uncategorized Tag iconDaryl Atkinson,  Durham,  FADE,  Ian Mance,  Meredith McMonigle,  Police Misconduct,  Racial Profiling,  Uncategorized

January 15, 2014

Possibilities vs. Obstacles—Ending Racial Profiling in Durham

The sixth and latest meeting examining racial profiling and police misconduct in Durham took place on Tuesday, January 14, 2014. SCSJ’s partner, SpiritHouse, led the meeting between the Durham FADE coalition and the Durham Human Relations Commisssion, which drew an incredibly large and diverse audience: over one hundred people attended and reflected a real cross section […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Recent News,  Uncategorized Tag iconDaryl Atkinson,  Durham,  Durham Police Department,  FADE,  HRC,  Ian Mance,  Marijuana,  Meredith McMonigle,  Racial Profiling,  SpiritHouse,  The House I Live In,  Uncategorized,  War on Drugs

January 2, 2014

Happy Outcome for Durham Homeless Does Not Absolve City Council and Police of Moral Responsibility for Panhandling Arrests

The Durham Police have endured considerable criticism in recent months for a series of high-profile shootings and revelations about the department’s controversial stop-and-search practices, which statistics show amount to a pattern and practice of racial profiling against black motorists.   Now the department’s treatment of the city’s most vulnerable citizens—its homeless population—is also drawing fire, in […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Human Rights,  Recent News Tag iconBlog Entry,  Civic Engagement,  Community Capacity,  Durham,  homeless,  homelessness,  Housing for New Hope,  Ian Mance,  loitering,  Open Table Ministry,  Panhandling,  poverty,  Scott Holmes

December 6, 2013

FADE Coalition Responds to DPD Report

On Tuesday night, the Durham Human Relations Commission held its fourth in a series of special hearings to investigate allegations of racial profiling and selective enforcement by the Durham Police Department.  For the second month in a row, Durham Police Chief Lopez and his Deputy Chiefs had the floor for the entire evening. They used […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Recent News,  Uncategorized Tag iconFADE,  Ian Mance,  Police Misconduct,  Racial Profiling,  Uncategorized

November 15, 2013

FADE presents evidence of racial profiling at Durham PD certification hearing

The Durham FADE coalition is participating in an ongoing dialogue with the Durham Police Department regarding data showing the use of racial profiling in police stop-and-search and marijuana arrests. As part of this movement, today two SCSJ attorneys, Soros Justice Fellow Ian Mance and Criminal Justice Reform Staff Attorney Daryl Atkinson, spoke at the Durham […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Recent News Tag iconChris Ketchie,  Daryl Atkinson,  Durham,  FADE,  Ian Mance,  Marijuana,  Marijuana arrests,  Police Misconduct,  Racial Profiling,  stop-and-search

November 13, 2013

HRC #3–Running from the Numbers

Guess what the Durham Police Department didn’t want to talk about at the third meeting of the Durham Human Relations Commission? The data. The FADE coalition has meticulously gathered and presented data showing extreme racial disparities in police stops and searches. Over the last decade, DPD officers have been more than 100% more likely to […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Criminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconFADE,  HRC,  Ian Mance,  Jeremy Collins,  Nia Wilson,  Racial Profiling

November 13, 2013

Police deny claims of racial profiling

By Jonathan M. Alexander in The Durham News jalexander@newsobserver.com November 13, 2013 DURHAM — Despite the statistical evidence, Durham police refuted claims of racial discrimination at Tuesday night’s Human Relations Commission meeting. The commission summoned a police department representative to answer concerns about alleged racial profiling by officers in black communities and during traffic stops. […]

Category iconCommunity Organizing,  Criminal Justice Tag iconDurham,  Durham HRC,  FADE,  Ian Mance,  Nia Wilson,  Police Misconduct,  Racial Profiling

October 28, 2013

What we learned at the International Drug Policy Reform Conference

The Southern Coalition for Social Justice was well represented this week at the International Drug Policy Conference, held this year in Colorado, a state on the vanguard of drug policy reform.  SCSJ Staff Attorney Daryl Atkinson, Fellow Jeremy Collins, and Soros Justice Attorney-Fellow Ian A. Mance all made the trip to Denver to learn from […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconCriminal Justice,  Daryl Atkinson,  Drug Policy,  Drug War,  Ian Mance,  Jeremy Collins,  marijuana reform,  Mass Incarceration,  reform,  War on Drugs

September 27, 2013

Durham FADE challenges discriminatory police practices

Durham has been portrayed as one of the most tolerant cities in America, one of the best places to retire, and home to a rich, diverse community. Many Durham residents, however, see a different reality than that on the travel brochures. The “real” Durham, they say, is also characterized by a systemic sickness within its […]

Category iconCriminal Justice,  Recent News Tag iconCivic Engagement,  Durham,  FADE,  Ian Mance,  Police,  Rebecca Fontaine

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Representatives for the NAACP spoke to the board, citing statistics from SCSJ, which found that while only 18% of the student body are Black students, 59% of suspensions during the 2018-2019 school year were of Black students. Via @wectnews bit.ly/3qfMoke

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We're excited for day 1 of our CROWD Academy in MS with our state partner, @SouEcho, tonight! Wondering what you'll learn as a CROWD participant? Check out the new one-pager & booklet on our website, & while you're there, read through some testimonials! bit.ly/SCSJCROWD

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