NAACP NATIONAL PRESIDENT MEETS WITH MARK DAYTON (2016)
National leaders are making stops in the twin cities to echo calls for justice after the shooting death of Philando Castile.On Sunday, the national president of the NAACP, Cornell Brooks, spoke about the shooting and police misconduct at Progressive Baptist Church in St. Paul."We will stand up and stand against police misconduct, police brutality and we will bring this 21st-century lynching to an end," Brooks said.Brooks also held a private meeting with Gov. Mark Dayton and local leaders, calling on them to help pass a stronger state racial profiling law.St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Falcon Heights Mayor Peter Lindstrom attended the meeting; Dayton did not take questions from reporters when it ended.