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The fact that Ferguson is not an isolated case is being overlooked.

The Ferguson event is about race, even if the mayor keeps stating on TV that there’s no racial tension in his town and even if some believe the boy was a suspect in a robbery.

Dozens of suspicious, unjust reports with alleged results from investigations were issued by [American human rights] organizations on Bahrain, Egypt and other [countries]. Now, where are these organizations when it comes to the events in Ferguson?

The example of Ferguson shows that the Ferguson police no longer see the people as citizens deserving of their protection, but too often as a threat to be neutralized.

The problem is not a society formed of whites and blacks, but a society that puts its white members to work in the police force and its black members to work in delinquency.

As the demonstrations against racism and police violence wind down, the discussions remain. The media must ask itself whether it helped fuel the violence.

With every TV team that packs up and leaves, slowly but surely, Michael Brown and the questions he raised while dying on Canfield Drive are in the process of being tucked away in the attic of the American conscience.

Racial issues are American social ills.