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Contrast of Martin Luther King's Memorial and UCLA incident

On Monday November 13, 2006, Bill Clinton, George Bush, celebrities and ordinary people gathered on National Mall where Martin Luther King's Memorial is under the construction.
Who was Martin Luther King?
He was one of the famous black Americans figures who won Noble peace prize in his 35 in 1964 and he turned over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.
Martin Luther King born in 1929 in a religious family whose grandfather began long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist church. King Experienced racial discriminations during his life; he used to go to the segregated schools while he was a child. He graduated from Morehouse College; a distinguished Negro institution of Atlanta from which both his father and grandfather had been graduated. Martin Luther King received his doctorate degree in Theology from university of Boston. In 1954 he became a member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and in the early December 1955 he accepted the leadership of the first great Negro nonviolent demonstration of contemporary times in the United States. Although he was he was arrested upwards of twenty times and assaulted at least four times; he was awarded five honorary degrees. In 1963 by Time Magazine he was named Man of the Year. His famous speech in March on Washington in 1963 "I have a dream" still is remaining in black Americans mind.

In the meeting which took place in the National mall, November 13th, President Bush said that he is proud to dedicate the memorial to "the lasting memory of a great man. George Bush said building a monument from King is not enough; we need a commitment for all Americans "so we will continue to work for the day when the dignity and humanity of every person is respected and the American promise is denied to no one".
Clinton Also insisted on the significance of Martin Luther King's nonviolent message in America Today. Construction of $ 100 million monument is being scheduled to be completed in 2008 and Tommy Hilfiger and General Motors are the financial supporters.
Just 6 days after, in November 19th the implication of this news came true. What happened to Iranian_ American student in UCLA campus at 11:30 PM? I believe there is a great gap between George Bush's dream ("to work for a day when dignity and humanity of every person is respected") and the reality. Police is representation of Law and is to guarantee the security of every person then why Mustafa Tabatabainejad is the target of Taser incident? This is the Global implication of Bush administration that: we are not what we demonstrate!
MLK`s memorial is a nice and respectful reaction toward not only the Blacks but also all people of the color; is the Taser incident toward Mustafa offensive not only to Iranian Americans but also to all racial groups living as citizens in USA?
See the articulation of contrasts from the two news!