but she's been, worked in naacp worked in various other, you know, organizations. and so her place i think is -- a movement activist themselves, they know very well. but it was a crucial figure of that all of the generation if born in 1993, that all of the generations that, you know, help guide and nurture younger generation coming of age in the 50s and 60s. some of the other people may have gotten less attention we tend to forget people who were doing voter education and legislation back in the 1940s who are still active. you know, in 1960s and they drew on their experience. and these were, you know, important for example, important figures in the movement. so i think that's, i think that's the, you know, counterargument that they have gotten to some extent, their view. my point, though, and again back to my those who unsung who don't make the history book, and when you look at who got arrested in birmingham who got arrested in montgomery who brought the case that in the montgomery -- took to the supreme court and won the victory. over segregation in montgomery it

the local government and state government with the naacp. and with that public disclosure with the nonpublic disclosure? >> that concerns you raise are very significant. the district court may no - - made no retaliation against charities and there is no evidence in the record to support any such concerns. >> with that in mind do you think it would be reasonable to make a substantial contribution touring organization to be racist or homophobic or white supremacist that in this environment and they have no confidence that the contribution will be kept confidential. >> those concerns are relevant for consideration as a challenge but as any challenge is there a reasonable probability of threats or harassment or reprisals that would be on the risk your honor noted but also the risk of public disclosure and here with the nonpublic reporting requirement those risks of public threat would not be a significant possibility of those. >> . >> in that calculus do you include the possibility of an intentional leak of someone who happens to disagree that s

data in order to target the naacp. so how can we say that there is a difference in -- in -- in public disclosure versus non-public disclosures? ms. feinberg: your honor, the concerns you raise, of course, are very significant ones, but they are not present here. the district court made no finding of potential state reprisals or retaliation against charities, and there is no evidence in the record to support any such concern here. justice thomas: that -- with that in mind, do you think it would be reasonable for someone who wants to make a substantial contribution to an organization that has been accused of being racist or homophobic or white supremacist, that in this environment that they would be chilled because they have reduced or no confidence that there -- the -- their contribution will be kept confidential? ms. feinberg: your honor, those concerns are certainly relevant for consideration of an as-applied challenge, but in any as-applied challenge, the question is, is there a reasonable probability of threat, hara

she previously served as president of the minneapolis naacp.we are also joined by jaylani hussein, executive director of the minnesota chapter of the council on american-islamic relations. nekima levy-armstrong we welcome you both. nekima levy-armstrong, let's continue where you are questioning. talk about what took place on sunday and also why you felt it was a critical to lay these facts out. >> thank you, amy. from our understanding, daunte wright driving in his car, minding his own business -- a ne car -- and he was pulled over for having an air freshener hanging on his mirror. his mom was on the phone with him during that traffic stop. she heard him asking the police, "why are you pulling me over?" then she heard them ordering him out of the car. the next thing you know, the fund disconnects. a few minutes later, she gets a call back from the girlfriend who was in the car with him, letting her know that daunte had been shot. in the aftermath of all of that, we went to the site where daunte killed. his body lay in the street for five hours

but also in a way that moved history and then she is one of the founders of the naacp. so i really wanted to chart how she got there. and then how the end of lacp was able to step in the tom williams case, so i'll go back to the detective story in a bit. it's really a detective story and then the story of the naacp and how they converge in 1910. but i also wanted to just tell one little story now about how to be wells from the book. that i felt really showed how individuals are moved and and into action. and how you face a moment where you have to make a decision of what kind of america you want to live in? and what role you want to play in that america and ida wells faced such a moment. in her life at the age of 30. by then she had been born into slavery. she's been born during civil war. where parent's diagnant she was very young from yellow fever. she had to stay with her young family and siblings to keep them together. she had very hard life. she took a job as a teacher and had a ride on a mule for for several miles back and forth. she been kicked off trains and sto

the naacp may not be able to do anything that's total nonsense. naacp is going to come into a local school insight black people beat up someone but we do not want you to punish them? that is just one 100% made up. and again i'myi not saying you made it out, but very likely it was a convenient excuse for your principal paid their 0% chance that happens. okay now, in terms of the revenue you talked about. look, i used to be republican. i am old enough to the used to be something called a liberal republican back in the day. i was in favor of civil rights brabson favor of the things on social issues that are considered liberal or progressive. but on economic issues i believe the republican party. and i was wrong. so they told us they were gonna cut deficits spread so i waited for them to cut the deficit or balance the budget. they never did preaching of the last republican president that balance the budget? dwight eisenhower. all is there tax cuts to the rich and tax custody corporation doesn't rank a day, that's what bush did, that is what trump did.

to target the naacp. how can we say that there is a difference in public disclosure versus nonpublic disclosures? >> the concerns that you raise are very significant, but they are not present here. there may be a finding of state reprisals or retaliation against charities. there is no evidence in the record to support any such concern here. justice thomas: do you think it would be reasonable for someone who wants to make a substantial contribution to an organization that has not been accused of being racist or homophobic, or white supremacist -- that they would be killed because they have reduced or no confidence that their contribution will be kept confidential. >> those concerns are certainly relevant, but in any of the challenges, the question is, is there a reasonable probability of reprisals, which would turn on those kinds of harassment? also the risk of public disclosure and sheer with a requirement, those risks of public threats -- there would not be a significant possibility of those. >> you thin

naacp membership begins to skyrocket. in 1940 they had about 50,000 members. by 1946 the ncaa cp has about 500,000 members. it's one of the ways black workers begin to get involved. many of them begin to join civil rights organizations like the naacp. they also begin to vote. they are very active politically. they are putting pressure on different people in places like detroit and nework and california where like people can vote, they are putting pressure on cd leaders to desegregate come to do something about the south. it happens in the south comes a little slower but you start to see some real result coming out of the north. one, treatment desegregate the military in 1948. that's one of the things that happens as a result of the pressure instigated by a. philip randolph but black voters, black workers were paying attention but also to different levels of desegregation in american life begin to occur in the the 1. jackie robinson 1947, there is no coincidence that happened right after world war ii as the black community in new york grows and increases not ju

the north carolina chapter of the naacp just put out a statement a half hour ago demanding that the state leaders take action to resolve this and bring forth that body cam footage so they can see exactly what happened. their exact words were, we don't want to be another minnesota. this is something that is percolating here on the ground as the hours pass without answers. >> catie beck there. shaq, let me turn to you. folks in minneapolis still in the process of healing after the chauvin verdict. you have these fresh wounds with daunte wright's shooting. what's the mood there right now as his family prepares to lay the 20-year-old to rest here in about two hours? >> reporter: it's somber. you see the hearse that pulled up not too long ago in front of the church. the doors to the church opened. his casket was taken inside. we expect to hear from his family. his parents, his mom and dad, they are expected to speak. we will hear from his siblings, six brothers and sisters. we will see his 2-year-old son that he left behind as well. we know there are high profile speakers, al sharpton will del

joining us now is president and director of counsel of the naacp legal defense. thank you so much for making time. >> thank you, rachel. >> let me ask you first about the kristen clarke nomination. you have been an outspoken proponent that kristen clarke is the right person for this job and she should be confirmed by the senate. her confirmation hearing was marked by republicans sort of doing a fox news pageant acting out fox news prime time arguments against her as if she is the real racist and she's really controversial. what do you make about this process thus far and her process -- prospects of being confirmed in the end? >> well, rachel, i have to say i thought that kristen clarke was masterful today. she's not a tv lawyer. she's a real lawyer, and so she was really able to defend her record. she has an astonishing career as a civil rights lawyer behind her leading the civil rights bureau at the new york state attorney general's office. she was a lawyer at the naacp legal defense fund, leads the lawyer's committee for civil rights under law, worked at the de

the battle against these voter suppression laws joining us now, president and director council of naacp. ms. ifill, thank you for being here >> of course >> why did you see that letter from black leaders and ceos and business leaders as huge and what impact did it make just today? >> a number of local advocates in georgia had been pressing georgia corporations over weeks. black voters matter, naacp, the new georgia project are pushing local corporations to take a stand against what was clearly going to be a disastrous bill. coca-cola is sknown with georgia we felt it was important for the business community to speak up including the metro chamber. it is true, they were behind the scenes working to make the bill better it is true, they thought what they did was sufficient. there was some terrible provisions reof mod but the bill that passed is still terrible. they're failure to speak as themselves as georgia corporations, they were beginning to feel the heat when these ceos came out, these are heavy hitters. these are not people who are silly, fly by night. these are men or women that wh

the naacp got a lot of letters think this happened to me what can i do about it?people also challenge it in person. rosa parks is hardly the first person who did not to give up their seat there are lots of who refused to move and had to be thrown off various conveyances. it could be a very dangerous form of challenging. see other forms of challenging. then of course people organized ways of challenging it. like the freedom rights were you had bus rides, travel and interracial groups to challenge travel segregation. you had sit ins and bus stations, restaurants, it was just almost any conceivable weight you could challenge people, people challenged up at >> am curious as a follow-up, i guess it never happens that white people would rally to the cause. wait a second, let this person sit where they want to sit was that not unheard of? >> became much more common over time it became common on the second world war era where this shift in race relations. you also have a lot of people outside their normal area like northern white soldiers traveling with black soldiers oft

and we'll talk with the president of the naacp legal defense fund, sherrilyn ifill. and then a key covid vaccine is back in circulation, with a warning about rare blood clots after a safety review. as cases decline and the number of vaccinations does, too, we'll check in with former f.d.a. commissioner dr. scott gottlieb. it's all just ahead on "face the nation." ♪ ♪ >> dickerson: good morning, and welcome to "face the nation." we are at the point now where the supply of covid-19 vaccines may soon outpace demand. in part because some are hesitant to get vaccinated. and we have some new findings from a cbs poll on that issue. but we want to begin this morning on the topic of police reform. senior national correspondent mark strassmann is in atlanta with this report. [yelling] >> reporter: again this weekend, intertwined jue...acl [yelling] >> reporter: ...and police reform. and american movement sparked by an american moment. george floyd dying facedown on a minneapolis street. >> there has been a systemic problem that has persisted for a long time, that has covered u

this was not ad taken out by a progressive voting rights group or like the naacp. this is what the list of signatories looked like under that pro voting rights statement. target. bank of america. apple. cisco. berkshire partners. american express. wells fargo. also the chairmen and chairwomen and ceos of those and other big, really big corporations, some of the biggest companies in the country. so yes, the fight to get corporate america off the sidelines, to get them to push to defend democracy and voting rights as we are experiencing the biggest rollback in voting rights in more than a generation, as republican-controlled states try to clip voting rights everywhere they can, that fight to get corporate america involved in defending american democracy, this big show of force in "the times" and "the post" today is a big win, given the size and heft of those corporations. but also, at the same time it's not like corporate america is speaking with one voice on this issue. "the wall street journal" now reporting that the u.s. chamber of commerce, the main lobbying arm

derrick johnson is president and ceo of the naacp. thank you, sir, for being with us.o the breaking news, the opening of the fbi civil rights investigation. >> well, it is important that police officers are held accountable or at least the family have a good sense of what happened -- happened in this case. think about it. since the george floyd incident, we've had a rash of police-involved killedings and harassments. since the derek chauvin trial, we've had brooklyn center, columbus, ohio, chicago, illinois. now this. we must hold officers accou accountable. we must increase transparency. and this jurisdiction must release the tape. >> i want to ask you more about the other incidents you mentioned. first more on this specific incident. the north carolina attorney general in his most recent statement on saturday, here we are tuesday after what we saw from county officials there, and josh stein said of the investigation that he is, quote, ready to assist should the da request our help. you've called on the office to do more, be more proactive. what do you want to hear an

judy: janai nelson, someone who works for the naacp that works towards equality for all americans, how you seeing this verdict? janai: i am seeing this verdict as an inflection point. it is a floor. it is sadly something we could not count on. this conviction was well deserved. it is something that should have been beyond any doubt, and yet many of us were bracing ourselves for an alternative that could have been incredibly devastating not only for the family of george floyd, to whom i extend the legal defense fund 's most sincere condolences, but also for the greater community that is working so hard to peacefully bring change and transition a transformation to the way that we conduct a public safety apparatus in our country. right now, it is woefully broken. it is clear that even with the conviction like the one we saw today, that is not a panacea. it is not a solve for the murders and killings and other forms of violence that continue to be visited on black and brown communities, as we saw in the daunte wright case, adam toledo's case, and the others that precedeit, including breonn

america to take stand against the new voter suppression laws like this in georgia, the head of the naacp legal defense fund responded on twitter by saying, quote, trust me, this is huge. sure enough, a few hours later, huge georgia-based corporations like delta and coca-cola were feeling their oats on this issue for the first time coming out slamming the georgia voting law for the first time, late, frankly, since the bill already passed something really did shift today on this front in the battle against these voter suppression laws joining us now is the clairvoyant president and director council ever the naacp legal defense fund miss eiffel, great to have you here thank you for making time. >> of course >> why was this -- why did you see that letter from black ceos and business letters as huge what do you make of the impact it had just today? >> well, a number of advocates, local advocates in georgia, had been pressing these corporations over weeks, black voters matter, the georgia naacp, the new georgia project really pushing these local corporations to take a stand against what was cl

she of course was a lawyer at the naacp legal defense fund. be to the lawyers committee for civil rights under law. work at the department of justice for six years. and so she comes to it with tremendous experience. but today what people could see, was the intelligence, the poise, the confidence and really she could not be shaken. it's unfortunate and we should be thinking ourselves, we should be grateful that someone like miss clark is willing to serve. particularly at this time in this country when we need someone with her kind of vision, and clarity and commitment. to really lead as you say, in the enforcement of the nation civil rights laws, and to really address the crisis of civil rights that were in at this moment in the country. >> part of the crisis, or at least the confrontation we're having right now in the country, is over the crucial issue of voting rights, and voter suppression tactics that seem aimed quite specifically a african american voters, other voters of color. poor voters, other people who can be cut off from the poles,

and the one with the naacp now has ten additional members.re's also two capitol police officers have sued because of his -- the former president for causing the riot that led to damage and injury. aside from any criminal liability, there is possible civil penalties and damages that he might have to pay for death and destruction. >> so that is one case. let's move to another. you have manhattan prosecutors still pursuing trump's cfo allen weisselberg. they have documents from his son. i wonder if you think that this adds pressure, what type of pressure this potentially adds to allen weissleberg. >> this definitely adds pressure because he's now under investigation. his son is under investigation. and so the question is, does he value donald trump so much that he won't come forward with what the prosecutors want to help in their case against trump that he's willing to go jail for him? you may remember that michael cohen said i would take a bullet for donald trump. actually going back to watergate, gordon liddy said the same thing about richard

angela is the president of the minneapolis chapter of naacp.for action and recognize that the change we are seeking doesn't start nor end with the conviction of derek chauvin. so while the eyes of the world are on minneapolis. our eyes are on our state legislature, on the state licensing body for police officers. we are looking and seeking for our leaders to make change in this moment that is lasting and effective in regards to police reform and police legislation. >> the prosecution in its closing made it clear that this trial was not about policing, but about one officer's actions. there is a larger conversation that has happened there in your city about policing since george floyd died. what are some of the reforms specifically that you would like to see? >> ending qualified immunity. also one of the things we are pushing for right now at the state level is we are pushing for our state licensing body -- we have a people's petition, to take on first amendment public assembly, model policy statewide. currently minnesota does not have a policy

and janai nelson, who is the associate director council of the naacp legal defense and education fund. ms. nelson, mr. wexler, thank you both for being here. i want to start with you, chuck wexler. someone who has studied the police, has seen time and again police found not guilty in cases like this, cases where someone died. how are you reacting right now? >> well, you know, this case was a defining moment for policing. this was so egregious, the use of force here was so clear and so clear-cut, that, for the last 11 months, first of all, you know, the condolences go to the floyd family, number one, but for every working cop that saw that video, over and over again, nine minutes, they thought to themselves, what was that cop thinking? and that's taken a toll on the country,eth taken a toll on the minneapolis community, and communities all across the country. i think there's not a police chief, a cop i know of that didn't want this police officer found guilty. i mean, it was so egregious and so bad in so many ways. but i think this is a turning point because i think what you saw in min

and pa naacp is calling for an end for unqualified immunity for police officers. so they say they will continue with that goal. this is a step and obviously they're happy about the verdict, but there's much more work to do is, reverend moore says, calling for an end unqualified immunity for police officers again. this is more of a celebratory seen here outside city hall as they start to set up and then 5 36 o'clock tonight will be over it, grace. that this church lighting candles at federal have more coverage for you coming up in the next hour. we're live outside san jose city hall. jesse gary ktvu, fox two news. we'll head back to you, okay, we will look forward to continuing coverage on that event. jessie. thank you. former president barack obama weighed in on the verdict today, releasing a statement this afternoon and he said in part, while today's verdict may have been a necessary step on the road to progress. it was far from a sufficient one. we cannot rest we will need to follow through with the concrete reforms reduce and ultimately eliminate racial bias in

amos brown of the naacp who is speaking. their thoughts echo what we have seen in the lawsuit and that is being filed.being filed. allison collins is at the rally this evening. you can see her in this video. she has yet to speak tonight. she was vice president of the school board but the board voted to strip her of that position along with any committee she could be in due to tweets of hers that had been called racist and ones that were directed at asian americans back in 2016. in 201 they say this have gotten political and collins is the only african-american woman on the board. >> i am deeply disappointed in our elected officials who turn their backs on the only black woman on the school board. a woman who has been an advocate for fairness and equity. one of the strongest vocal supporters of our least advantaged communities. >> back out here live this evening, you can see this rally is still happening. dr. brown of the the the the th wrapping up. i am told allison collins will be speaking shortly. that is the where we got

we have city leaders and activists bringing in music like the naacp and local churches all here for what they call a celebration. the crowd is still pretty small but it's gradually grown over the last hour. i would describe the mood as largely positive. ♪♪ >> we want to thank the tireless efforts of people like jethro and naacp and many other activists and loyalists who have kept the fire burning this long so people would not forget the name of george floyd. >> what they've been doing is sort of going back and forth between speeches and musical numbers. again, it's not a big crowd but one that has told us they appreciate the verdict today. they say there is much more work to be done in the future. live in san jose, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much, scott. >>> among those thinking about today and really taking it in is bay area civil rights attorney john buress, who has tried numerous cases involving death at the hands of police. he says he was not surprised by the verdict. burr res says the difference between this case and everything he race been involved in is everything was on

and, you know, 1964 the united states supreme court recognized and naacp vs.se it to intimidate people, to scare people, and to ultimately force them to not exercise their rights of association of speech. that's just not america. todd: let's be clear, california is entirely democratic state. the legislature that put this in place is democratic. they are not doing this to be equal across the board. they are doing this to silence anybody who may not be completely far left. correct? >> that's what we would argue. it was a 22-state coalition i led. at the end of the day what the left is trying to do is they are trying to defame and shame people that they disagree with. it's just not right. it's not american. i always remind people someone may have unpopular view today but you may be on the other side of that. that's what the constitution is designed to protect free expression, free debate. going back to the original founding of this country. the federalist papers are written anonymous by james and from madison, when they crafted the constitution they understood ho

s family and keith is a resident of the pasquante county naacp. i appreciate you joining us tonight. harry, we just heard brown's neighbor say deputies were shooting at the car he was driving. what more can you tell us about exactly what happened yesterday, because we don't have that video, right, that would illustrate what happened. so tell me what happened. >> that's correct, don. that's one of the issues we're having here in elizabeth city. it's my understanding that the deputies were serving a warrant. mr. brown was not home at the time but he rolled up during the execution of that warrant. some exchange too many place and he tried to flee. at that time my understanding, what's been said by the witnesses and other sources, that gunfire was started and they shot mr. brown, striking and killing him. >> his family says that he was unarmed and police are claiming -- are they claiming he had a gun? >> no, they're not claiming he had a gun. we actually had the opportunity to speak with the district attorney. there's been no confirmation he had a gun

. >> joining me now, the senior vice president of strategy and advancement for the naacp. according to the ap and the 24 hours after derek chauvin was found guilty, six other people were shot by officers. does this go to show this is a life and death issue for people across the country? how should we take all this information in now? >> the crisis that we face when it comes to over policing and police killings, extra judicial killings are way out of control, and while the trial was going on, approximately 100 people were killed, and then it demonstrates while the trial itself resulted in a accountability moment for mr. chauvin, it does not reflect that the system, the structure in place in terms of policing has been shifted in a way that is just to make sure that public safety for all people in all communities has been achieved. >> so you have got republicans and democrats trying to do that kumbaya thing around justice and equity in the legislation, at least in the talk that they are putting out there. do you think this will lead to something actually getting done, or is t

the splc filed a lawsuit just within the next week, and we joined our colleagues, the aclu and the naacp in dlf in filing the suit. we each have clients in the suit. our clients include community organizations, representing the disability community, the muslim-american community, , the african-american community, and others. we want this suit to be a reflection of the commitment of so many communities to keep the gains of this last election. we saw an incredible voter turnout in georgia, the highest on record. we saw people who had never participated in elections before participating in this one, wanting to express their voice in this election. and the response to that from the losing party in the election is not to think, maybe we need to think about our policies and revise them so that we are connecting with the voters who rejected us in the last election. instead, it's to actual try to keep those voters out of the ballot box. >> they called it jim crow 2.0. >> there's no question, this is absolutely a return to jim crow. it restricts the number of ways that people can vote. it makes i

the coalition for justice for anton black and president of the talbot county maryland branch of the naacpll us the story of anton. >> i think the story really begins with a pattern of conduct in maryland involving police violence against black people that then are characterized as anything other than homicide, despite clear evidence of the cause of death. what we really need to understand is just as we saw in the case of mr. floyd, in maryland, under dr. fowler's leadership, there was a clear and consistent pattern of creating false and misleading narratives that reinforced police narratives essentially covered up and minimized the role of police actions in causing death in a very intentional way. amy: richard potter, re-surprised to see dr. david fowler and anton's case called to testify in the case of derek chauvin? >> i was very shocked when i saw that. but i was not surprised because, again, the case in minnesota, there try to get a person that agrees with what it is how they want to tell the story. i was shocked in one sense but not surprised in another. amy: tell us anton's story an

parents, students, members of the asian american pacific islander community and also members of the naacp. however, the biggest shock today was probably that announcement filed earlier this morning. called is asking for 27 million dollars in damages. >> supporters of allison collins rallied around her on wednesday at the san francisco unified school district headquarters speaking out after she was removed from her position as school board. vice president last week. it all stems from tweets collins made in 2016 using racial slurs when writing about an anti-black experience. her daughter's faced in the school district that year. this misrepresentation. >> and the only black woman on the board of sweet. she may in 2016 after trump was elected when racism was on the rise in hate and white supremacy being fueled by trump 20 all and calling out snowden. the fact that she's morning meaning now. that doesn't make her raises some of those tweets from 2016 start out by saying, quote. >> and looking to combat anti-black racism in the asian-american my daughter's mostly asian-american school. she goe

joining me now is the preps of the naacp. thanks for coming out.e from daunte's family some of what they said. do you want to see tougher charges brought against the officer? >> i think the context is key here. i think we should remember officer nor who was officer who shot justine diamond a couple years ago. he was pushed. that was an accident as well. he actually was charged with st stronger charges than officer potter right now. i think the context is key. and officer noor is currently in jail for the actions. so an accident or not or these present and be history in the context shows she can be and she should be charged with tougher charges. >> this is really just the latest tragedy on top of another for the broader minneapolis community. at a press conference this week i heard you say black leaders are not playing. we're done dying in minnesota. what do you mean? >> i mean this. minnesota was found through white supremacy. minute smin a white state. we can all admit this. but originally the dakota, do cota people this was their land. in minneso

the state leader of the naacp local tank county naacp leader and attorney representing the family harryiels, and they are calling on the sheriff tommy wooten here to resign. they're demanding that the body camera video worn by deputies during shooting death of brown be released and they want the law in north carolina changed so they can be more readily be made available to the public. here's a little bit of what attorney harry daniels had to say at this press conference. take a listen. >> everybody -- told you that mr. brown was shot -- unarmed in the back -- by multiple officers. that we know it was a weapon located at the scene. plus he was unarmed. unarmed. unjustifiable -- unjustifiable shooting unjustifiable publicized. reporter: arthel this protest have been peaceful for the last three days. there have been no arrests whatsoever and out every night demanding that justice wooten resign we spoke to the sheriff, here's what he said about the tape release. take a listen. >> ultimately you believe it would be released? >> yes it would be ultimately be released without exception if ther

like a silly question but does splc have regional offices or are there, you know, kind of like the naacp is there an splc on the college level or, you know, and individual communities, or are you only operating out of the south or out of alabama? >> that is not a silly question at all. we actually have offices in five of our deep south states so in addition to alabama we have offices in florida, georgia, mississippi and louisiana. we have an office in washington dc as well where we are hoping to become more and more engaged in working with both congress and the federal government and making changes happen in this arena. >> to feel like you need to have offices and other places in the country? >> the good news is we have wonderful partners we work with in other parts of the country so for example in the specific northwest where there's been a tremendous amount of white extremism activity we partner with the western state center which has extraordinary programs and campaigns underway to counter extremism on the ground or in the northwest. that is important because i'm a believer in wed do

the naacp came up with a civil suit. i was proud to join it along with ten of my colleagues.untable. we are elected officials. because of that, we are not -- we should not be subjected to this terrorist activity, tortious activity. our job was interfered with. the staugs was interfered with. we were put in danger and jeopardy and suffered trauma. i know i did. many others did:i think the other plaintiffs did. people haven't joined the suit as well. trump and dwooul and the extremist groups should be held responsible in a civil court with the proper preponderance of the evidence. >> congressman, it's kendis here. i want your take on one of your colleagues, represent matt gaetz. you serve on the judiciary committee in the house with him. he is involved with this scanned. he says he is not resigning despite calls to do so. there is now a new house ethics investigation into him. some of the allegation is that he shared some sexually explicit or nude photos with folks while on the house floor. had you heard of that before this, by the way? >> no, i haven't. >> okay. and would you

interest in getting it wrong because it does two great things for political organizations like the naacp. it lets them raise a lot of money and lets them really stir up voters for elections. it was a great turnout model in 2018 for stacey abrams and in 2020 for joe biden. they have every interest in essentially lying about the bill. that's all they're doing. >> wow, as we've mentioned numerous times, republicans in states across the country are going all in on writing the big lie into law since they can't win elections the old-fashioned way based on their own ideas. according to new data from the brennan center for justice, at least 361 restrictive bills have been introduced in 47 state legislatures since march 24th. five have already been signed into law, including georgia's. today in georgia park cannon, who was arrested a week ago for knocking on governor brian kemp's door to witness the bill signing is speaking publicly for the first time since her arrest. joining me now is georgia state representative park cannon and her attorney, gerald a. griggs. thank you both for being here, rea

let's discuss all of this hand more with the president and ceo of the naacp derrick johnson.nks for joining us. we see lieutenant nazario in his u.s. army uniform. he tells the officers he's serving our country. how persuasive is this feeling that no matter what you do, no matter who you are, police may reduce you to your skin color? >> you know, he was justified in being in fear and not getting out of the car. he was being pulled over for what they allege was a traffic violation. and officer's badge should not be a shield to accountability. these officers must be held accountable. there is no justifiable reason for them to pepper spray him. there was no justifiable reason for them to order him out of the car. had they simply asked the question are your tags up to date? he could have explained and been allowed to go on the way. these officers must be held accountable. that's why we need police reform now >> let's talk about what's going on in minnesota, minneapolis. clearly grappling with another deadly police encounter amid the murder trial of derek chauvin. has anything cha

. >> reporter: silicon valley naacp president jethro moore says three meetings is all all took for him to find that police reform did not exist. those who quit expected to have the police involved but didn't imagine the conversation would be led by them. rios felt the commission created room to confront injustice and systemic racism. >> we're committed to do that but it's going to take time, patience and sitting through perspectives you may not want to hear. >> reporter: justice studies professor jay woods weighed in saying it takes representation from across the community to seriously reimagine community safety. >> we must be able to sit at the table with those individuals who can actually influence such change. that change that was dreamed of. that brought these best and brightest minds from our community together. >> reporter: rios says the advisory group will be reaching back out to those who regn sayi conversation. but reverend moore tells me the group of 7 have already buildi bay area is fighting for racial and social justice. while we don't have all the answers clearly we do hav

the decision is backed by the aclu and the naacp who are turning to federal intervention to overturn the law which shrinks the window for sending in absentee ballots, limits the number of ballot drop box available to voters, gives more control of local elections to state lawmakers and makes it a crime to give food or water to people waiting in line to vote. it is not just baseball. the ceos of a number of major companies including atlanta based delta and coca-cola have criticized the new law leaving republican law makers hitting back. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said its a big lie to call the new georgia voting law racist. >> my advice to the corporate ceos of america is to stay out of politics. >> president biden supports the decision to move the all-star game though the administration says it is not asking businesses to boycott the state. >> our focus is on working with dong put in place voting rights legislation. >> in protest texas republican governor greg abbott has said he will not throw out the first pitch at the rangers home opener. texas is considering a strict

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joining me now bishop william barber, a former president of the north carolina naacp. and ben crump, attorney for the family of andrew brown jr. ben, i saw that press conference today. there were a lot of angry folks there. a lot of angry people. i want to play a couple of them. this is andrew brown jr.'s son khalil farabee. >> it's like we're against all odds in the world. my dad got executed just trying to save his own life. >> multiple people calling that an execution. were you able to see that video yoers, ben, and would you characterize it as an execution? >> joy, our co-counsel got to see the video. and the reason was this county attorney, they are for whatever reason, and we don't understand it, they continue to try not to be transparent. they said no lawyers who were not barred in north carolina could come with the family to see the video. so we had attorney lassiter go in and see the video, and she took copious notes of the 22nd video that said three main things to, us joy. and it was number one, the fact that when they turned on the video, they were already s

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. >> i want to bring in derek johnson, president and ceo of the naacp. mr. johnson, you're shaking your head at that. there's been a number of conservatives recently and ilya's not among them, but there are others who have basically just come out and said look, we don't want everyone voting. we want to make sure that some people don't vote, whether that's woke college students or african-americans or people that we think don't have thehets rig credentials. what's your response to people articulating that view explicitly? >> i think you said it correctly. this is a solution searching for a problem. i live in mississippi. the reason why you have a higher black turnout is because there's aggressive organizing to overcome the barriers. the reason why you have a higher black turnout in georgia is because of the groups g like stacey that have organized to overcome the barriers. there are no issues here to be solved. if section 5 of the voting rights was in place, none of this could even be possible. if anything we have to make sure we open up access to the electio