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. we ve heard in so many places people of all backgrounds utter the same basic phrase. they ve said black lives matter. and they said it because it had to be said. it s 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 matter. because as i said the other day, we re not just dealing with a problem in 2014, we re not dealing with years of racism leading up to it or decades of racism. we are dealing with centuries of