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<\/iframe><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/99vjTKhRhyQ\" width=\"450\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn2.spectator.co.uk\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/11\/files\/2014\/08\/453804768.jpg\" alt=\"Police attempt to control demonstrators protesting the killing of teenager Michael Brown on August 18, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. Image: Scott Olson\/Getty Images\" \/><\/p>\n<p>—-<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/razYgZ0P1KY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>—<\/p>\n<p>It reminds\u00a0\u00a0 us \u00a0Baghdad war zone when American police attacks it own citizen\u00a0with highly mechanized force. \u00a0The racial conflict that founds its root\u00a0in African triangle slave trade seems slow down after the sacrifice of Martin Luther King Jr. in 60’s. US sleeping racial bar seemingly dead when Obama came to power \u00a0surfaced \u00a0 in Ferguson “My Hands are up”Today the racial bar in the US is more alive than ever seen from the war front at\u00a0Ferguson.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #24454c;\">\u00a0It reminds\u00a0\u00a0 us \u00a0Baghdad war zone when American police attacks it own citizen\u00a0with highly mechanized force. \u00a0The racial conflict that founds its root\u00a0in African triangle slave trade seems slow down after the sacrifice of Martin Luther King Jr. in 60’s. US sleeping racial bar seemingly dead when Obama came to power, but today \u00a0surfaced \u00a0 in Ferguson with a slogan \u00a0“My Hands are up”. Today the racial bar in the US is more alive than ever seen from the war front at\u00a0Ferguson. The problems began on Saturday 9th August when Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American, was shot by white police officer Darren Wilson. For a week few details about the incident were made public, creating a cauldron of rumors and fury. We now know that Wilson\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #cc0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/08\/18\/us\/michael-brown-autopsy-shows-he-was-shot-at-least-6-times.html?_r=0\">shot Brown six times<\/a><span style=\"color: #24454c;\">\u00a0, including twice in the head. The question of why Brown was shot remains unanswered. Maybe it was in relation to the theft of a box of cigars, or maybe not. The police force has\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #cc0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/post-nation\/wp\/2014\/08\/15\/ferguson-police-releasing-name-of-officer-who-shot-michael-brown\/\">obfuscated in its responses<\/a><span style=\"color: #24454c;\">\u00a0\u00a0during press conferences, leaving the people of Ferguson confused.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-excerpt\" style=\"color: #282828;\">“Ferguson is not just about systemic racism \u2014 it’s about class warfare and how America’s poor are held back,” says Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<\/h2>\n<aside class=\"right-rail-module rr-taboola-video\" style=\"color: #282828;\" data-name=\"rr-taboola-video\">\n<div id=\"taboola-right-rail-organic-video-3132635\" class=\"taboola trc_related_container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_trc_46149 \" data-mode=\"verticalx3\" data-placement=\"right-rail-organic\" data-type=\"video\">\n<div class=\"trc_rbox_container\">\n<div id=\"trc_wrapper_46149\" class=\"trc_rbox verticalx3 trc-content-organic \">\n<div id=\"trc_header_46149\" class=\"trc_rbox_header trc_rbox_border_elm\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #e90606;\">\n<div class=\"trc_header_ext\"><span style=\"color: #282828;\">The U.S. Census Report finds that 50 million Americans are poor. 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