How does the Khaled Saïd history relate to the situation NOW?

We know the Khaled situation. A man who posted a video online because he was shocked by the fact that the police divided the money and drugs taken from civilians amongst themselves. He wanted to open up the subject and show fellow inhabitants of his country what was going on. The police found out and they beat him to death. This triggered an angry mob to respond by protesting, organised via facebook. We also know what series of events  followed: the egypian revolution continuing the arab spring, the abdication of Mubarak and the elected president Morsi, who was also put off. But how does this history relate to the situation now? Does Khaled Saïd still influence present day?

Last week, the army-backed government declared that the Muslim Brotherhood was now officially a terrorist organisation. A recent news update from the guardian stated that on Friday, the 3rd of January, thirteen people were shot dead as supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood clashed with the police. This made it ever so clear the the gap between those two opposing parties has never been bigger.

“(…) it was unclear if the police or armed civilians had shot them"

The Dutch ministry of foreign affairs has eased the travel advice with regards to Egypt, however, the area is still rowdy. These pictures, from the Khaled Saïd facebook page, show the current tumultuous activity:

Roughly, at this moment, violent incidents in Egypt always include two parties. One party is the army-backed government, who currently holds power and is supported by the police. The opposing party is the Muslim Brotherhood. They do not agree with the fact that president Morsi, a muslim brotherhood representitive, was put off and therefore they protest. There are off course also people who do not support the muslim brotherhood but are still discontent with the present situation. However, they are not key-actors in most current incidents. 

At this moment, the facebook page "we are all Khaled Saïd" has 337K "likes" (so: followers) and still posts new updates. It is difficult, however, to determine the role of the Khaled Saïd incident and of the facebook page. We feel that the facebook page is less objective than it used to be. It is not at all positively minded towards the current organisation of government and military. They post pictures and text on mistakes made by the army-backed government and police only, no negative comments on the Muslim Brotherhood could be found. We feel that the facebook page is maybe more submissive than it used to be, but that it still has the same goal: informing everyone about the current situation in Egypt, and fighting for freedom and democracy.