NAACP and ADL to meet with AG Garland to discuss the spread of white supremacy

In the wake of the terrible tragedy in Buffalo, the NAACP and ADL are convening a meeting with AG Garland this Friday. The meeting will focus on the spread of white supremacy across social media platforms and hate crimes tearing through Black communities across America.

The NAACP and ADL have also invited representatives from the following organizations to attend Friday's meeting with AG Merrick Garland:

• Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

• National Council of Negro Women

• National Urban League

• Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights

• National Action Network

• Legal Defense Fund

• The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation

NAACP Statement on Police Killing Patrick Lyoya

NAACP President Derrick Johnson issued the following statement in response to the police cam video showing a law enforcement officer killing Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Michigan:

"This is horrifying, heartbreaking, and deeply frustrating because we had meaningful legislation designed to avoid exactly what we are all witnessing in this video. The law enforcement officer involved has blood on his hands, and so do the partisan senators who killed the George Floyd Justice In Policing Act, a bill aimed at reducing police brutality and holding law enforcement accountable for egregious abuses of power.

An unregistered license plate should not be a death sentence. Another Black man has died at the hands of police, and the officer in this video has got to be held accountable.

President Biden, sign the police reform executive order now. While we fully understand an executive order is not a substitute for meaningful legislation, we must do everything in our power to protect our community. This executive order is not sufficient, but it is necessary."

NAACP President Derrick Johnson's letter to U.S. Senators asking them to pass voting rights reform

The president of the NAACP Derrick Johnson penned a letter to all U.S. senators on Tuesday stating that it is essential that they approve voting rights reform. Read the entire letter below.