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Back Stories: Howard Beach Killing Of Michael Griffith

NEW YORK (WCBS 880) -- Today's Back Story takes place in Howard Beach as former WCBS reporter Steve Reed remembers the Michael Griffith case.

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Reed recalls how much anger and tension the case brought to the area when the 23-year-old black man was killed and his friend was beaten by a group of white men.

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