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National Urban League president criticizes NYC chokehold case

Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, spoke with CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley about race relations in America following the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown and Tamir Rice
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Scott Pelley spoke with Marc Morial, President of the National Urban League, about the fallout from a grand jury's decision not to indict a New York police officer in the death of Eric Garner. Pelley asked Morial about the link between the Garner case and the outrage surrounding the deaths of Michael Brown and 12-year-old Cleveland boy Tamir Rice. Morial was also asked to address those who say Eric Garner and Michael Brown were men seeking trouble. Watch video above.

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