The �rebellion� in Ferguson, Missouri, which erupted following the murder of black teenager Michael Brown by a white policeman officer has �ripped� the notion that America is post-racial after centuries of African-American oppression, an activist says.
The August 9 racially-charged shooting death of the unarmed Brown has unleashed a wave of protests and civil unrest across the United States and the heavy-handed police response has received international coverage.

The corporations and their �mouthpieces� are working overtime to �cover up� the reality of the US society and sell to the world the idea that America is post-racial, Joe Iosbaker, a leader in the United National Antiwar Committee, told Press TV on Thursday.

�Ferguson rips the cover of that lie,� he added.

Iosbaker pointed out that Brown was gunned down in the same state where the enslaved African-American man, Dred Scott, famously fought and failed for his freedom in the courts during the 1850s.

�The US Supreme Court ruled that African slaves and their children have no rights in the US and that the US Constitution was explicitly written to exclude them,� he said of the notorious "Dred Scott Decision" of 1857.

�And there has been a century and a half of struggle by black people for equality since then,� Iosbaker continued.

The US Justice Department is reportedly launching a civil rights investigation into the conduct of the Ferguson police department for the way it has responded to the protests.

Iosbaker dismissed the probe, saying �the Justice Department is not on the side of the oppressed in this country.�

�The US justice system is here to protect the richest �one percent� who own and control the companies and the government that dominates the economy,� he explained. �They enforce the national oppression that African-Americans face and they back up US foreign policy.�

By Press TV

 

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