profiling, we have to deal with black men s lives not being valued by the cops in the same way. so this is the beginning of a series of pushes coming out of this case. one of them to get rid of stand your ground laws. one of them to finally end racial profiling in this country. ben jealous, great to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time. ben jealous of the naacp. thank you. does governor romney support the lilly ledbetter act? we ll get back to you on that. the campaign problem with romney and women gets worse. tonight, the american icon lilly ledbetter is my exclusive guest. rick santorum didn t have the guts to take his campaign to pennsylvania, but he did have the guts to slam the front-runner. he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. and there s a new red scare in congress, courtesy of the unhinged congressman from florida, allen west.
but at the same time, we need to be clear that if we re going to prevent more trayvon martins, we have to deal with racial profiling, we have to deal with black men s lives not being valued by the cops in the same way. so this is the beginning of a series of pushes coming out of this case. one of them to get rid of stand your ground laws. one of them to finally end racial profiling in this country. ben jealous, great to have you with us tonight. i appreciate your time. ben jealous of the naacp. thank you. does governor romney support the lilly ledbetter act? we ll get back to you on that. the campaign problem with romney and women gets worse. tonight, the american icon lilly ledbetter is my exclusive guest. rick santorum didn t have the guts to take his campaign to pennsylvania, but he did have ç the guts to slam the front-runner. he is the worst republican in the country to put up against barack obama. and there s a new red scare in congress, courtesy of the unhinged
action network, i m not sure that we would be where we are tonight. and you have been somewhat of a target of criticism in the mix of all of that. where are we at right now? we re at different stages, there s been an arrest, there s charges, and we move forward from here. what are your emotions at this hour, reverend? well, i m very happy that the family has been given at least the dignity of seeing the killer of their son arrested. and i said to them from the beginning when attorney crump called me and i didn t know a case and most of the case didn t, and we got involved. it was going to be hard. and they re going to attack. i d rather the attacks come on me. that s what i do as an activist, that s what i do hosting a show. as others do when they pick up cases on shows around the cable world. i d rather come on me than the family, because i think that you have no idea how vicious people can can be. and they now do have that idea and it s far from over.
target of criticism in the mix of all of that. where are we at right now? we re at different stages, there s been an arrest, there s charges, and we move forward from here. what are your emotions at this hour, reverend? well, i m very happy that the family has been given at least the dignity of seeing the killer of their son arrested. and i said to them from the beginning when attorney crump called me and i didn t know a case and most of the case didn t, and we got involved.÷ it was going to be hard. and they re going to attack. i d rather the attacks come on me. that s what i do as an activist, that s what i do hosting a show. as others do when they pick up ç cases on shows around the cable world. i d rather come on me than the family, because i think that you have no idea how vicious people can can be. and they now do have that idea and it s far from over.
this in my heart. had it not been for your involvement, your reporting, your advocacy work, the national action network, i m not sure that we would be where we are tonight. and you have been somewhat of a target of criticism in the mix of all of that. where are we at right now? we re at different stages, there s been an arrest, there s charges, and we move forward from here. what are your emotions at this hour, reverend? well, i m very happy that the family has been given at least the dignity of seeing the killer of their son arrested. and i said to them from the beginning when attorney crump called me and i didn t know a case and most of the case didn t, and we got involved. it was going to be hard. and they re going to attack. i d rather the attacks come on me. that s what i do as an activist, that s what i do hosting a show. as others do when they pick up cases on shows around the cable world.