had a gun, and he was angry. >> reporter: draper police chief brian roberts. >> and he fired at derek johnsoning in the driver's seat of his car. >> reporter: derek, wounded, tried to drive away but lost control and crashed head-on into a tree. he died at the scene. >> it was hard. yeah, it sucked. it -- you have to give me a second. so derek, he was a good guy. good cop. good friend. >> reporter: derek was just 32 years old, leaving behind his wife and his 6-year-old son and his family at draper pd. >> you know everybody talks about a cop's cop and the best cop you can have and how he treated and served the community. derek was one of those guys. >> reporter: for jaclyn moore, the loss was two-fold. >> he was starting to get some free time to come help me with the case and tell me more about what he did when he was on the case. and then he was killed. i didn't have anyone else to ask. >> reporter: you'd lost your friend. your old competitive friend. >> i lost my friend, and i lost any information that i needed on that case. there was no one else. >> reporter: because he was kind of the insti

. >> joining us now derek johnson serves as the president and ceo of the naacp talking about voter mobilization leading up to the november elections. good morning. >> good morning. >> statistics show us that about 56% of african-americans showed up for the 2016 elections. do you expect that kind of turnout this time around in 2018? >> i think the level of enthusiasm among african-americans is at an all-time high. that's evidence when you look at the most recent special elections and the primary elections. what percentage turnout in ? we don't know. the job of the naacp is to increase turnout and try to make it as close as presidential turnout. >> talk a little bit about that. what steps are part of that process? >> right, naacp we invested heavily in data to look at what is turnout among african-americans for midterm elections. we recognized that there is a dip in turnout compared to presidential elections. so we began to target infrequent african-american voters. those are voters who vote during a presidential election but typically don't vote in midterm election and aggressively communicate w

joining me now is derek johnson, president of the naacp, representing the prairie view students in their suit, and jay la allen a junior year student at prairie view student and a plaintiff in the lawsuit. jay la, why did you and four others file this lawsuit? >> i would have to say, well, it was important to us, first off. voting rights are important to myself and the students who are involved in the case. i worked with them closely and we have always been involved in voting on campus and all this pertains to being civically engaged on campus so once we learned of the issue, we jumped on it and got with our community leaders, our student leaders on campus, and those who were concerned with us. i mean, the rest was history. >> but you basically feel that the lack of polling sites and the lack of accessible polling sites are nearby is actually designed to suppress and deny your right to vote? >> yes. i would most definitely say that. i would also say the four students will agree that as well considering the fact that if you look at the history of prairie view a&m university and waller cou

francesca, msnbc contributor and professor, and derek johnson, president and ceo of the naacp. , let me go to you first, you and many of us in the civil rights community that have been working together, that have been outraged, not only with georgia where i himself would blush at this maneuver that has been used, but around the country, we have been dealing with repeated clear cases of what appears to be intentional voter suppression. >> absolutely. and first of all, al, congratulations on getting another hour, to hear your important voice. like you, the naacp, we are monitoring the process of elections across the country. we are now preparing to file a lawsuit in tennessee, where we are seeing an election commissioner withholding tens of thousands of newly registered voters applications that have not been processed. we are looking at cases in ohio and in pennsylvania. this year's election cycle is an important election cycle, and based on our polling, african-americans feel disrespected. and as a result of that, they are registering to vote and they will turn out in record numb

and president and ceo derek johnson talks about his organizations efforts to increase african-american turnout in this week's midterm election. be sure to watch the washington journal. joined the discussion. >>> yale university professor black hawk and a patricia in the center of the american west about the interactions between american settlers and native americans in the 19th century at this institute conference. talking about the impact of trade alliances on native americans and their struggle to keep their political d

now, derek johnson who serves as president and ceo of the naacp talking about voter mobilization leading up to the november elections, good morning. statistics show us that about 56% of african-americans showed up for the 2016 elections. do you expect that kind of turnout in -- in 2018? guest: the job of the naacp is to increase turnout. host: the we invested heavily in dade and looked at what is the turnout for african-americans? that thereognize is was turnout compared to presidential elections. vote ine voters who presidential elections typically do not vote in midterm elections. they aggressively communicate with voters in targeted areas to increase turnout. we talk about the landscape. we are looking at the most recent kavanaugh hearings and what that could mean to the right as a whole. all of the bread and butter issues. what we look at is our polling data. they feelg data says disrespected. we are about earning back our respect. host: are you asking them to vote for a certain candidate or to pitch -- asking them to vote overall? party we do not support a or a candidate. we support

. >> our guest is derek johnson. the president and ceo of naacp. served as vice chairman of the organization national board of directors and state president of the mississippi state conference of the naacp.for marilyn, democrats on, julia. go ahead to you on with our guest. good morning. >> yes, thank you for your guest today. i just wanted to make a comment and then about the kanye west statement that you made. i agree with a lot of what you said. i feel like that was done to maybe bring out the black men who you know maybe have fathers that were not in their homes or fathers that were not around. if you like that was a way to relate to them and i just wanted to know your comments on that statement. thank you. >> first of all, it is sad to say, i think kanye west may have some mental issues that should be addressed. i don't think the appeal that -- perhaps you suggest was intended, had nothing to do with what took place. it would be a mischaracterization to say that having kanye west at the white house to appeal to young men without fathers in hom

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now, derek johnson who serves as president and ceo of the naacp talking about voter mobilization leading up to the november elections, good morning. statistics show us that about 56% of african-americans showed up for the 2016 elections. do you expect that kind of turnout in -- in 2018? guest: the job of the naacp is to increase turnout.

joining me now, president of the naacp derek johnson. thanks for coming in.53,000 on a hold. 70% of them are black. what do you think is going on there? >> well, unfortunately, it is a coordinated effort in several states to prevent african-americans and other citizens from voting. this is an outrage. why should we be navigating the system this way when a democracy should be a representative body allowing the voices of all of the citizens to be heard. we shouldn't have voter registration in the first place. there's no reason for a voter i.d. we should be pursuing avenues to increase access to voting so the voices of taxpaying citizens can be heard. if other countries can do that, why is it that we cannot do it here in the united states. >> georgia votes, which is an organization that tracks some of this stuff, says that the totals of early voting have increased almost 200% in georgia from the same point since the last gubernatorial election. you have reports of people waiting for hours in the hot sun. there have been reports of people collapsing. do you think

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in terms of turnout and mobilization for turnout, derek johnson, the india -- p president talk to us a little bit about what his organization is doing to get folks out to vote this year. did was naacp, what we invested heavily in data. to really look at what is turnout among african-americans for midterm elections. we recognize there is a dip in turnout compared to presidential elections. we begin to target infrequent african-american voters. those who -- those are voters who vote during presidential elections. we aggressively communicate to those voters to increase turnout . >> what kind of information are you -- >> we're looking at the most recent kavanaugh hearings and what that means to civil rights. we talk about health care, education, all of the bread-and-butter issues that is important. what we really look at is our polling data. african-americans feel disrespected. we talk about earning back our respect for the power of the vote. host: buzz feed has the story. black voters are underrepresented. black people are dramatically underrepresented. analysis by buzz feed is showing

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