Monica Simpson grew up with a front-row seat to police harassment in North Carolina. “It was in this rural town, where the cops were brutal and felt like they ran the entire town,” Simpson said. “The cops were constantly harassing young Black men and boys in our community.” One day, as she sat on her porch with her cousin and sister, she watched police accost a group of men who often met at a community gathering spot nearby. It quickly escalated, and all of a sudden, both the men and the officers were running toward Simpson’s house, a police dog in tow.