by Megan Garrity | May 11, 2022 | Reignite the Fight!
The murder of George Floyd by four police officers in May 2020 triggered civic unrest in America at a scale not seen since the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. The resulting uprisings brought renewed and increased awareness to issues with policing,...
by Megan Garrity | May 4, 2022 | Reignite the Fight!
What is NCBF’s mission? We believe in the presumption of innocence and work to end pre-trial detention. We seek to disrupt the criminal legal system that targets and punishes Black and Indigenous people and people of color. We believe that impacted communities are in...
by Megan Garrity | Apr 26, 2022 | Evergreen, Reignite the Fight!
History of Bail Bail has its origins more than 1500 years ago in what is present day England. During that period, Anglo-Saxons shifted away from the Germanic tribal approach of physically violent retribution to a crime. This was replaced with payments (goods or money)...
by Megan Garrity | Feb 28, 2022 | Call to Action
We’re asking the community to show support for two defendants at the Pierce County Courthouse on Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. Pierce County Courthouse: 930 Tacoma Avenue, 2nd floor The criminal legal system in America presumes that “the People,” or the...
by Mary | Mar 15, 2020 | Call to Action
DECARCERATION AS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY NCBF joins The King County Department of Public Defense in demanding that The City Attorney’s Office stop prosecuting most misdemeanors, and the City Council to immediately defund the prosecution and processing of most...
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