Said wasn't the main reason for the uprising, but his was an image that shocked the nation and hurt the moral image of the Mubarak regime, said Mosa'ab Elshamy, renowned activist and blogger, in a phone interview from Cairo.

--- Read the full text of IBTimes World Desk correspondent Michael Martin's latest news feature on Khaled Said and the police brutality that persists in the New Egypt.

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Demonstraters carry pictures of activist Khaled Said and chant anti-police slogans outside a court building during the trial of two police officers charged with causing Said's death, in Alexandria June 30, 2011. The Egyptian court said on Thursday it would rule on Sept. 24 in the case of two policemen charged with beating Said to death, whose death partly inspired protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak REUTERS
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