benjamin crump: and understand -- and i agree. they are passing all kinds of laws to disenfranchise our community. voting, to early make the voter id, tuple police officers at the voting polls, to intimidate us and stop us from voting. i know what the national bar association what we're focused on is that we are going to challenge them, and we are not concerned about our corporate sponsorship. because the fundamental right in america is the right to vote. vote for the prosecutor, vote for the judge. we get confused sometimes with the presidential vote and think that is the most important vote. man, you go down to the courthouse, the most important vote in many instances is that da. he will decide if your child goes to jail. you do not go to the judge. bailyhe same offense, goes home with his parents and the other gets fingerprinted and handcuffed and that is on the prosecutor. you are talking about jury duty? duty, just onery person in that back room, in in st. louist six, they got 12, one african-american who has the courage to s

benjamin crump: and understand -- and i agree.they are passing all kinds of laws to disenfranchise our community. voting, to early make the voter id, tuple police officers at the voting polls, to intimidate us and stop us from voting. i know what the national bar association what we're focused on is that we are going to challenge them, and we are not concerned about our corporate sponsorship. because the fundamental right in america is the right to vote. vote for the prosecutor, vote for the judge. we get confused sometimes with the presidential vote and think that is the most important vote. man, you go down to the courthouse, the most important vote in many instances is that da. he will decide if your child goes to jail. you do not go to the judge. bailyhe same offense, goes home with his parents and the other gets fingerprinted and handcuffed and that is on the prosecutor. you are talking about jury duty? duty, just onery person in that back room, in in st. louist six, they got 12, one african-american who has the courage to sa

benjamin crump: in a lot of ways trayvon brought a lot of these issues to life.y are working on the book trayvon -- do you know that they had at least 30% of black people that they sent out for potential jury service and about 74% of them came up with reasons why they could not serve on jury duty. tragicagine if, in the killing of trayvon martin, you have more people that can understand despite the efforts tos' best defend the honor and value of a , whichlack man's life was a fish out of water experience for them because they are so used to prosecute them, but those black people that got out of jury duty could have written history. we have to do it. reverend sharpton talked about this. he said, you want to see a cop get charged? yeah. he said, are you registered? can't be on a you jury. part of this issue that goes into voting is we have to recognize that whe what you don't know, you don't know. a lot of people don't know the process. i believe this is where urban league chapters have to say, wait a minute, you have to have .oter education yes. maybe you create t

hour with our correspondents and guests, including the attorney for the family of michael brown, benjamin crump. brian todd has the latest. >> brianna, tonight ferguson is boiling with tension. we're looking toward the evening hour when darkness desentence. police there are under enormous pressure tonight to head off any potential violence and not let it contemplate. last night's shooting have put everyone on edge. some of the video you are about to see is graphic. >>> one spark and chaos ensues. muzzle flashes are seen near a white pickup truck. two groups start battling on the street unleashing what the police chief calls a remarkable amount of gunfire sending protesters and police scurrying for cover. one suspect allegedly fires at undercover police. they returned fire, and he's wounded. that triggered a tense standoff between police and protesters. bottles and bricks thrown, officers responded by deploying smoke. it marred what had been a peaceful protest. as protests and arrests continued monday, the violence frustrated advocates who want to keep the focus on reducing police shootings. >>

benjamin crump also discussed voter suppression as well as the importance of voting for local officials. here is a look. are passing all kinds of laws to disenfranchise our the souls tostop the polls, to stop the early voting, to make the voter id, to put police officers at the voting polls, to intimidate us and stop us from voting. at the national bar association, what we are focused on is that we are going to challenge them and we are not concerned about our corporate sponsorship, our status, because the fundamental right in america is your right to vote and vote for the prosecutor, vote for the judge, and we get confused sometimes with the presidential vote. we think that's the most important vote. you go down to that courthouse, the most important vote in many instances is that da. you are going to decide whether your child goes to jail or not. you don't even get to the judge if the prosecutor barely comes to court. same offense. your boy is going to get fingerprinted and handcuffed and that is all on the prosecutor. you tell me whether it's more important to vote for the prosecutor

hear from the reverend al sharpton, florida congressman alcee hastings and civil rights lawyer benjamin crump who has represented the families of several unarmed black men who were killed at police officers. >> our first speaker absolutely needs no introduction whatsoever he is known around the world and around the nation as an ever principle force against the injustice of any kind, be it social, political or racial. if there is a cause to be champions he is unafraid to bring it to the forefront to fight for what is right. he is a good friend. his organization the national action network and the national urban league have worked collaboratively on many many things together. as i said last night there are tree shakers and barer jelly makers and the reverend al sharpton is a tree shaker par excellence. ladies and gentlemen please greet and welcome back to the national urban league, the founder and president of the national action network reverend al sharpton. [applause] ♪ >> thank you. first of all good afternoon to the national urban league. i am honored and happy to be here with my friend and

benjamin crump: president obama signed an executive order, and that is how he got florida. florida is always a tossup it simply your governor doing an executive order and that makes all the difference. roland martin: but here is the other piece that black folks have to do. when it comes to criminal justice reform, give the republican governors who are better on this issues with democrats, where do you stand on the issue? benjamin crump: absolutely right. charlie chris was a republican. question. >> good evening. can the national urban league as a nonpartisan organization support elected officials? roland martin: it can't. ys you1(c)(3) status sa can support positions, issues, not an actual candidate. >> soak in michael mcmillan clarify on how it is offset? we haven't achilles' heel, as i see it. micheal mcmillan: one of the things you can do is create a 501(c)(4). as an individual, you can volunteer, vote, and donate. karen freeman wilson: i would just say money is key. and i'm not just saying that because i'm elected. tired, and we get then we don't give anything else. but

here's benjamin crump. >> they are passing all kinds of laws to disenfranchise our community to stop the souls to the polls, to stop the early voting, to make voter id, to put police officers at the voting polls to intimidate us and stop us from voting. so i know with the national bar association what we're focused on is that we're going to challenge them. and we're not concerned about our corporate sponsorship. we're not concerned about our status because the fundamental right in america is your right to vote and vote for the prosecutor, vote for the judge. we get confused sometimes with the presidential vote and think that's the most important vote. man, you go down to that courthouse, the most important vote in many instances is that d.a. >> d.a., the judge. >> he's going to decide whether your child go to jail or not. you don't get to the judge. if the prosecutor billy come to court and june bug come to court, same offense, billy get to go home with his parents. june bug going to get fingerprinted and handcuffed. and that's all on the prosecutor. so you tell me what's more import

here's attorney benjamin crump. >> they are passing all kinds of laws to disenfranchise our community to stop the souls to the poll, to stop the early voting to make the voter i.d., to put police officers at the voting polls to intimidate us and stop us from voting. what we are focused on we're going to challenge them and we're not concerned about our rorpt sponsorship, not concerned about our status because the fundamental right in america is your right to vote and vote for the prosecutor, vote for the judge. we get confused sometimes with the presidential vote and think that's the most important vote. man, you go down to that courthouse, the most important vote in many instances is that d.a., because he's going to decide whether your child goes to jail or not. you don't even get to the judge, roland. if the prosecutor comes to court and same offense, bailiff home with his parents and judge in jail. you tell me you talk about jury duty? >> that's right. >> man, y'all, the vote in jury duty, just one person being in that back room, just one person, in florida we got six and st. louis

. >>> next, reverend al sharpton and trayvon martin's attorney benjamin crump talk about criminal justice, voting rights and the 2016 election. >>> our first speaker absolutely needs no introduction whatsoever. he is known around the world and throughout the nation as an ir repressible force against injustice of any kind, be it social, political or racial. if there's a cause-to-be champion, he is unafraid to bring it to the forefront or fight for what is right. he is a good friend. he is organization in the national action network and national urban league have wo worked collaborating on many, many things together. as i said last night, there are tree shakers and there are jelly makers. and the reverend al sharpton is a tree shaker. ladies and gentlemen, please greet and welcome back to the national urban league the founder and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. [ applause ] ♪ >>> thank you. first of all, good afternoon to the national urban league. i'm honored and happy to be here with my friend and colleague, the president of the national urban league who's

that worked so hard, including whitney young i'm delighted the whitney young award is going to benjamin crumpi have had a chance to know him. enormously proud of him. individuals like him and myself would never have been able to accomplish what we did without the blood, sweat and tears of so many people that sacrificed and no one will ever know who they are. it was their foundation that provided the freedom for us to do what we do. that's something that i think everybody always needs to keep in mind. i remember as a 9-year-old. sitting on the steps in the ghetto in boston, having moved from detroit after my mother, who was one of 24 children, hadn't gotten married at age 13. they had moved to detroit from rural tennessee. she discovered that my father was a bigamist and that led to a divorce and we went to boston to live in dire poverty with her sister and brother-in-law. i was looking at the building across the street of which all the windows had been broken and the sun was shining through and there was a sun beam and it made me think about my future. i remember thinking i would probably nev

in fact, i'm delighted that the whitney young award is going to benjamin crump.enormously proud of him. tremendous individual. individuals like him and myself would never have been able to accomplish what we did without the blood, sweat and tears of so many people who have sacrificed. no one will ever know who they are, but it was their foundation that really provided the freedom for us to do what we do. that is something that everyone needs to always keep in mind. i remember as a nine-year-old sitting on the steps in the ghetto in boston having moved from detroit after my mother who was one of 24 children, had gotten married at the age of 13 and they moved to detroit from rural tennessee and discovered my father was a bigamist. of course that led to a divorce , and we went to boston to live in dire poverty with her older sister and brother-in-law. i was sitting on the stairs looking through the building across the street which all the -- out of which all the windows were broken. the sun was shining through. and there was a sunbeam and it made me think about my f

incarceration perpetuates poverty, after that, reverend al sharpton, tvone's roland martin and benjamin crump talk about police accountability, criminal justice, voting rights and the 2016 election. community activists and journalists look at the challenges of poverty, gang violence and drug addiction in low-income communities in what's being done to address them. tonight at 9:30 p.m. on c-span, washington post executive editor marty baron talks about threats to freedom of expression across the world, covering world events and the state of journalism. >>> early last year russian authorities were given the power to block websites without any official explanation. almost immediately four russian opposition websites were blocked. by the summer of last year, speech on the internet was constrained even further. new rules required anyone with the daily online audience of more than 3,000 people to register with russia's internet oversight agency. names and contact details were to be provided and bloggers would be held liable for anything deemed misinformation, including in comments from members of t

. >>> here is attorney, benjamin crump. >> they are passing all kind of laws to disenfranchise our communities, the souls to the pol polls, to put police officers at the voting polls and stop us from voting. what we are focused on, we're going to challenge them. we are not concerned about our corporate sponsorship or status. the fundamental right in america is your right to vote and vote for the prosecutor, vote for the judge. we get confused sometimes with the presidential vote and think that's the most important vote. man, you go down to that courthouse. the most important vote in many instances is that d.a. he is going to decide whether your child go to judge or not. if the prosecutor, billy come to court and june bug go to court. billy get to go home with his parents. junebug going to get fingerprinted and handcuffed. that's all on the prosecutor. you tell me what's more important to vote for, the prosecutor or the president. you talking about jury duty. the vote and jury duty, just one person being in that back room. in florida, we got six. in st. louis, they have 12 but one african-ameri