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>> in staten island today after a grand jury decided not to >> in staten island today after a grand jury decided not to bring charge against the nypd officer who is shown on video choking eric garner to death, new york city mayor bill de blasio said this. >> weve heard in so many places people of all backgrounds utter the same basic phrase. theyve said black lives matter. and they said it because it had to be said. its a phrase that should never have to be said. it should be self-evident. but ou...

People in backgrounds utter the same basic phrase. they say black lives matter. and they said it because it had to be said. it is a phrase that should never have to be said. it should be self-evident. but our history sadly requires us to say that black lives matter. because as i said the other day were not just dealing with a problem in 2014. were not dealing with years of racism leading up to it or decades of leading up to it. were dealing with centuries that brought us to this day. >> now, it ...

>> in staten island today after a grand jury decided not to bring charge against the nypd officer who is shown on video choking eric garner to death, new york city mayor bill de blasio said this. >> weve heard in so many places people of all backgrounds utter the same basic phrase. theyve said black lives matter. and they said it because it had to be said. its a phrase that should never have to be said. it should be self-evident. but our history, sadly, requires us to stay that black lives matte...

>> theres no doubt that it is, wolf. what i saw last night in midtown manhattan were young people. i saw young people who were of all races, creeds, and colors. i saw white and black. i saw hispanics and asians. i saw people of all backgrounds rallying around this why would around the need for change. and i think thats why this is an exciting time for the cause of justice because so many of these issues have been pent up. so many of these issues have been talked about, but never really fully add...

Every night, is my child safe? and not just from some of the painful realities of crime and violence in some of our neighborhoods, but safe from the very people they want to have faith in as their protectors. thats the reality and it conforms to something bigger that youve heard come out in the protests in ferguson and all over the country. this is now a national moment of grief, a national moment of pain and searching for a solution. and youve heard in so many places, people of all backgrounds ...

I had so many people send a link to me to that story within i would say the first two hours it went up. and i refused to link it on my public facebook page. but we did have a discussion about it. that sort of coverage, youre exactly right. its fuelling a false narrative. its looking at the victims background. what does this mean that hes got parents with criminal backgrounds. that his life wasnt worth as much that we should have expected that he could have been shot when he was not carrying arou...

Connie, what has reaction been like as this is unfolding in cleveland just days after the ferguson grand jury. >> theres been a lot of out rage, as you can imagine. its very hard for many people to believe, including me, that you could, in two seconds, time, yell three times with any sort of clarity to a young man who is alone. we know a dispatcher -- the call to the dispatcher said it was a kid and it was probably a toy gun. none of that was conveyed. apparently, to the officers who arrived on ...

An eomg who decided to go look into the background of this childs parents, criminal back grounds of the parents, and, yet, we know something about the backgrounds of the two police officers including the one who actually fired the gun. so there is a lot of heated discussion about this right now. i think its really important to distinguish that this reporting has been done mostly by young reporters, not by -- veteran reporters who are a member of the guild. i make that distinction because i think...

Ferguson grand jury? >> well, theres been a lot of outrage as you can imagine. its very hard for many people to believe including me that you could in two seconds time yell three times with any sort of clarity to a young man who is alone, we know a dispatcher -- the call to the dispatcher said it was a kid and it was probably a toy gun. none of that was conveyed apparently to the officers who arrived on the scene. we have had some very disappointing local coverage from nomg who decided to go loo...

Link it on my public facebook page but did have a discussion about it. and that sort of coverage youre exactly right is fueling a false narrative and looking at the victims background. looking for -- what does this mean he has parents with criminal backgrounds. that his life wasnt worth as much. that we should have expected he could have been shot when he was not carrying around a real gun when he was alone. that video is haunting, is it not? it is just haunting to watch what happened and thats ...