Abayomi Azikiwe, PANW Editor, Speaks to Press TV: US is ‘Extremely Violent’ Society
The United States is an “extremely violent” society with a crime rate that spikes during Christmas season, says Abayomi Azikiwe
To listen to this statement by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, just click on the website below:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/26/391918/us-is-extremely-violent-society/
Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:10PM GMT
The United States is an “extremely violent” society with a crime rate that spikes during Christmas season due to the commercialization of the holiday and excess consumerism, an African American journalist in Detroit says.
“This time of year in the United States is always a time of interpersonal violence and social violence as well,” said Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire.
US retail companies employ various mechanisms to entice Americans to spend over their budget during Christmas shopping season, which can cause severe depression in people who lack enough resources, Azikiwe told Press TV on Thursday.
The weak economic recovery and tense relationship between the police and communities across the US contributes to the high rate of crime and violence in the country, he maintained.
“People around the world need to know that despite the rhetoric of the US government and the corporate media, the United States is a very violent society, extremely violent,” he said.
“It was born in violence, it substantiates its power systems through violence and this trickles down to the majority of people in society,” Azikiwe added.
The United States witnessed a violent Christmas Eve as several people were shot dead in separate incidents and a dozen others suffered wounds in shootings across the country.
In Washington, DC, six shootings took place on Christmas Eve, including two police-involved incidents. Five of those shot died.
The five deaths in the nation’s capital came while Chicago had the most violent Christmas Eve in the country. Shootings throughout the city left one person dead and ten others wounded.
To listen to this statement by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire, just click on the website below:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/12/26/391918/us-is-extremely-violent-society/
Fri Dec 26, 2014 3:10PM GMT
The United States is an “extremely violent” society with a crime rate that spikes during Christmas season due to the commercialization of the holiday and excess consumerism, an African American journalist in Detroit says.
“This time of year in the United States is always a time of interpersonal violence and social violence as well,” said Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire.
US retail companies employ various mechanisms to entice Americans to spend over their budget during Christmas shopping season, which can cause severe depression in people who lack enough resources, Azikiwe told Press TV on Thursday.
The weak economic recovery and tense relationship between the police and communities across the US contributes to the high rate of crime and violence in the country, he maintained.
“People around the world need to know that despite the rhetoric of the US government and the corporate media, the United States is a very violent society, extremely violent,” he said.
“It was born in violence, it substantiates its power systems through violence and this trickles down to the majority of people in society,” Azikiwe added.
The United States witnessed a violent Christmas Eve as several people were shot dead in separate incidents and a dozen others suffered wounds in shootings across the country.
In Washington, DC, six shootings took place on Christmas Eve, including two police-involved incidents. Five of those shot died.
The five deaths in the nation’s capital came while Chicago had the most violent Christmas Eve in the country. Shootings throughout the city left one person dead and ten others wounded.
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