there's too many a black one, $20, and you're dead. >> kristin clarke. she raises a number of important issues es one piece of legislation will not change this crisis. we have to change the culture of policing in our country. a lot of that work happens on the ground and in communities. the folks who are marches and demonstrating right now need a seat at the table, talking about how we reorient the relationship of law enforcement to communities there's this warriors mentality that's pervasive throughout policing, where police often position themselves at odds with the communities. there's an enemy on one side and a combatant on the other question snead philosophers who see themselves as true guardians of the community, serving and protecting the community, and to really have that culture change in policing will take a lot of hard work. i also understand the concerns about the fear she sometimes see when is she interacts or sees law enforcement in her community. i myself was driving through washington, d.c. yesterday and saw a cop, kind of pulling closer t

why do -- i mean you hate to say it this way, kristin clark, but it feels like we are a little late to be getting some justice here for breonna taylor, some attention for what happened here. would we be here without the attention that was given to ahmaud arbery or george floyd? >> i don't think so. we wouldn't be here if it weren't for the videos that have opened up this gaping wound of police violence that has been playing out across our country for far too long. people are saying, enough is enough and it is time that we confront these crimes, it is time that officers stop killing people with impunity. it is time that we hold these people accountable when they

and kristin clark, the executive director of the lawyers committee for civil rights under law. professor joseph, let me begin with you because i want us to consider with president kennedy on this very day in 1963 in what turned out to be the last year of his life addressing the issues that are before us today that the president of the united states failed to address in your state of texas today. it's an indication of how long we have been at this and how much ground we have not covered in the progress we wish we had made. >> absolutely, lawrence. i think it's a great comparison between what happened on june 11th, 1963 and today because i have argued and i have written before that that's president kennedy's finest moment. and i think as time proceeds, he's going to get more credit for that speech. but the revolution that he talked about in 1963 was similar to what we have experienced in the last two weeks. i'd say what we have experienced in the last two weeks has more white involvement. but remember that day on june 11th was the midday point between a ten-week period in 1963 wh

that was kristin clark. she was speaking to my colleague mike embley.gainst racism, to demonstrate against racism, to demonstrate against the killing of george floyd, and as we have seen on so many evenings now, this has been copied in other cities around the country. portland in oregon, denver, colorado. we have seen pictures there in the last hour of peaceful protest on black lives matter. you are watching bbc news. hello there. we're going to end this week on a very different note than we began the week certainly. we have lost our area of high pressure and low pressure starting to take control, it is going to bring windier, wetter, and cooler conditions and thursday looks like being another cool day, cooler than it was on wednesday in fact, and we will have some spells of rain at times too. our area of high pressure is continuing to retreat away westwards, low pressure is beginning to develop to our east and that is going to bring further spells of rain. northerly winds as well which is why it is going to feel on the cool side for the time of year. s

and kristin clark, executive director of the -- on efforts to end racial injustice. watch c-span's washington journal, live, at 7:00 eastern monday morning. be sure to join the discussion with her phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. president trump arrived yesterday at the united states military academy to give his commencement address to the 2020 graduating class. he

and kristin clark, executive director of the -- on efforts to end racial injustice. watch c-span's washington journal, live, at 7:00 eastern monday morning. be sure to join the discussion with her phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. president trump arrived yesterday at the united states military academy to give his commencement address to the 2020 graduating class. he praised the cadets for their achievements. more than 1000 cadets receive their commission as second lieutenants in the u.s. army. at the ceremony, the president was accompanied by luke tenet general darrell williams. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states, accompanied by the president of the united states military academy. ♪ ♪ , order arms. >> ladies and gentlemen, the chaplain will now offer this morning's invocation. god, gather here on the plane and online to celebrate the graduation of the class of 2020. we lead expresses their worldview that leaders of the future have a responsibility to have a vision and to see that for without a, vision, the people peri

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we will begin with kristin clark, who is the president and executive director of the lawyers committee for civil rights under law. the lawyers committee seeks to ensure equal justice for all through the rule of law. targeting in particular the inequities confronting african-americans and other racial and ethnic minorities. ms. clark previously served as the civil rights bureau for the new york state attorney general's office. she spent several years at the naacp, where she helped lead the organization's work in the areas of voting rights and election law. and worked as the u.s. department of justice -- worked at the u.s. department of justice in the civil rights division. next we have the president and director council of naacp legal defense and educational fund. the lds seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice. she is the second woman to lead the organization. she began her career as a fellow at the american civil liberties union before joining the staff of lds. in 1993, she left lds to join the faculty at the university of maryla

kristin clark, president and executive director of the lawyers can for civil rights on efforts to end racial injustice and advance criminal justice reform. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets stop -- and tweets. next, the house judiciary committee holds a hearing on racial profiling and police brutality in the wake of the death of george floyd while in police custody. ,n this portion, his brother law enforcement officials, and civil rights advocates testify before the panel. >>

kristin clark, president and executive director of the lawyers can for civil rights on efforts to end racial injustice and advance criminal justice reform. watch "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern monday morning. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets stop -- and tweets. next, the house judiciary committee holds a hearing on racial profiling and police brutality in the wake of the death of george floyd while in police custody. ,n this portion, his brother law enforcement officials, and civil rights advocates testify before the panel. >> the committee will be in order, we will now proceed with questions. i will begin by recognizing myself or five minutes. on may 25, in the twilight of memorial day, derek chauvin of the minneapolis police held a need to george mr. floydonless neck, pleaded for release, repeating the words i can't breathe. mr. floyd, i am sure you have seen the video. can you think of any reason why officer chauvin would need to hold his knee on your brother's for over eight minutes? >> i don't know why he did it, b

as kristin clarke of noted and georgia just two days ago, has been" polling places simple workers, mail ballots never delivered and long lines asking six, seven, eight hours. these are unacceptable and barriers to the franchise for there's no question they have made worse by covid this year. so a bit of good news i have to share is that since the outbreak in the united states, the center spoken to dozens of election officials of both parties around the country and the vast majority are working to take steps to free, fair say for elections this fall paid the overwhelming consensus from those elections we spoken to as they need more resources. the center is working with those election officials with the institute the alliance for securing democracy, and election vendors have estimated the additional cost for running alexa, free and fair elections obey around $4 billion. wises many needed? first for voter registration for there's been a severe disruption in 2020 because of covid on the center innovation had a report out today showing how much registration activity has plummeted this year.

then we speak with kristin clark, president and executive director of the lawyers committee for civilights under law. she will talk about efforts to end racial injustice and advance criminal justice reform. "washington journal" ♪ this good morning on monday, june 16. we begin with the latest on this coronavirus pandemic -- according to johns hopkins, over 2 million confirmed cases in the united states and over 115,000 deaths. we start with your thoughts on whether or not he would support if you seen shutdown a spike continue. if you support the idea, to a 2-748-8000. also text or put your comments c-spanwj. at good morning. "the new york times" had this story posted online. "coronavirus cases spark across sun belt as the economy lurches into motion. arizona, texas, florida, reporting their highest numbers yet. as of saturday, coronavirus numbers were climbing in 22 states amid reopening. governor,mo, new york one a press conference and guidelinesollowing on social distancing, masks, and other guidelines. [video clip] governor cuomo: we are getting reports of social distancing being vi

i ask unanimouconsent to enter into the record statements from kristin clark pass, this conversation,t somehow sys you're accusing every single person of being racist, which could not be farther from the truth. if you look at instances that have done the data analysis fine were paying women different than men for the same work, was everyman that worked in those businesses? sexist? is difficult to hear. what we know is that we have within criminal produced during outcomes depending on a person's race. we have african-american dying in childbirth at three or four times theate. even that system has a racia outcome which is systemically racimaybe i should turn to you are a political scientist. it's what i'm saying right in terms of this -- it kills a co accused of being racist, it stops an important academic conversation that can actuali'm wondering if jeff can comment on that if you are still out there. ? i justabt me. about race has been a huge distraction. were trying to solve it. when people are talkithe public, they mean the individual feeling or saying i don't like you and i'm going