Story highlights Carson blames Obama, politicians for inaction

Says the entertainment industry glorifies violence

Washington (CNN) Ben Carson wrote about his personal experience with violence as a youth in an op-ed targeted at millennials.

"I know violence all too well. As a child I saw it out my front window in the inner city. Two of my cousins were killed on the streets in our neighborhood. As a doctor, I spent way too many nights taking bullets out of patients," the former neurosurgeon wrote for the Independent Journal, an online publication focused on millennials.

CNN reported this month on rising murder rates in major cities.

Carson, who grew up in Detroit, said the prevalence of violence has continued since his childhood.

"Far too often in today's America, human life is devalued and violence is glorified," he said. "How did we allow this to happen? More importantly, how do we stop it?"

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