Abayomi Azikiwe, PANW Editor, Interviewed by Press TV: "US Police Used for ‘Suppression and Oppression’ of Blacks"
Police officers arrest protesters in New York City on December 3, 2014.
Wed Dec 10, 2014 6:34PM GMT
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To listen to this statement by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, just click on the below:
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Police in the United States are a “repressive apparatus” used for the “suppression and the oppression” of blacks throughout history, an African American journalist in Detroit says.
“Since the collapse of slavery in the United States, police have been used as a coercive of mechanism for the suppression and the oppression of the African American people,” said Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire.
He said the perception that people have of police in the US is getting worst following several high profile cases where white police officers fatally shot black men without getting indicted.
“The police today are hated more than they’ve ever been inside the United States,” he told Press TV on Wednesday.
An ongoing nationwide protest against police brutality erupted on December 3 after a Staten Island grand jury refused to indict a white New York police officer over the chokehold death of Eric Garner on July 17.
The outrage echoes the reaction of angry protesters after a St. Louis grand jury decided on November 24 not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson on August 9.
Azikiwe criticized US President Barack Obama for not taking any measures to lessen police violence against African Americans.
“The Obama administration has been non-committal in regard to taking concrete actions to improve police community relations as it relates to African Americans and other oppressed people,” he argued.
“Obama has not gone to Ferguson, he has not gone to Staten Island; he has not done anything or imposed any measures that would lessen the repressive apparatus of the police as it relates to the African American community,” he added.
A newly released analysis by Gallup shows that African Americans are much less likely than whites or Hispanics to express confidence in the police.
Tensions between blacks and police officers have been ongoing and widespread for decades. Most blacks believe the US justice system is biased against them.
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| Abayomi Azikiwe is editor of the Pan-African News Wire. |
Wed Dec 10, 2014 6:34PM GMT
presstv.ir
To listen to this statement by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, just click on the below:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/10/389664/us-police-used-for-oppression-of-blacks/
Police in the United States are a “repressive apparatus” used for the “suppression and the oppression” of blacks throughout history, an African American journalist in Detroit says.
“Since the collapse of slavery in the United States, police have been used as a coercive of mechanism for the suppression and the oppression of the African American people,” said Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire.
He said the perception that people have of police in the US is getting worst following several high profile cases where white police officers fatally shot black men without getting indicted.
“The police today are hated more than they’ve ever been inside the United States,” he told Press TV on Wednesday.
An ongoing nationwide protest against police brutality erupted on December 3 after a Staten Island grand jury refused to indict a white New York police officer over the chokehold death of Eric Garner on July 17.
The outrage echoes the reaction of angry protesters after a St. Louis grand jury decided on November 24 not to indict a white police officer in the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson on August 9.
Azikiwe criticized US President Barack Obama for not taking any measures to lessen police violence against African Americans.
“The Obama administration has been non-committal in regard to taking concrete actions to improve police community relations as it relates to African Americans and other oppressed people,” he argued.
“Obama has not gone to Ferguson, he has not gone to Staten Island; he has not done anything or imposed any measures that would lessen the repressive apparatus of the police as it relates to the African American community,” he added.
A newly released analysis by Gallup shows that African Americans are much less likely than whites or Hispanics to express confidence in the police.
Tensions between blacks and police officers have been ongoing and widespread for decades. Most blacks believe the US justice system is biased against them.
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