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Police arrest protester Derrick Robinson, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2014, in St. Louis. Protesters and police clashed following an NFL football game between the St. Louis Rams and the Oakland Raiders as protests continued following a grand jury's decision not to indict a Ferguson police officer in the shooting death of Michael Brown. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Laurie Skrivan)

Obama calls for police body cameras, curbs on military equipment

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

People walk away from a storage facility on fire after the announcement of the grand jury decision Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. A grand jury has decided not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed, black 18-year-old whose fatal shooting sparked sometimes violent protests. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

TAMMY BRUCE: Ferguson and the useful application of mayhem

By Tammy Bruce

Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder said Saturday that it's "tragic" Al Sharpton has such a strong influence in New York City, calling him an "inciter of mobs" ahead of a grand jury's impending decision in the police chokehold death of Eric Garner. (Wikimedia Commons)

Peter Kinder, Missouri lieutenant governor, calls Al Sharpton ‘an inciter of mobs’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Police officers confront protesters Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Missouri's governor ordered hundreds more state militia into Ferguson on Tuesday, after a night of protests and rioting over a grand jury's decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a case that has inflamed racial tensions in the U.S. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

RUSTY HUMPHRIES: Liberal Bully of the Week: Ferugson mob

Illustration by Mark Herron

RUSTY HUMPHRIES: Liberal Bully of the Week: The Mob in Missouri

By Rusty Humphries

Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a news conference Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014, in St. Louis County, Mo. Rioting broke out Monday after a grand jury decided not to indict a white Ferguson police officer in the shooting death of the unarmed, black 18-year-old Michael Brown. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

EDITORIAL: Ferguson a tragedy for Michael Brown, but no crime of Darren Wilson

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Al Sharpton spoke Monday night after a grand jury announced it will not return an indictment for Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, describing the decision as an "absolute blow" to those seeking a "fair and open trial." (Mediaite)

Al Sharpton says no indictment for Darren Wilson ‘an absolute blow’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a news conference, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014, in New York. Sharpton spoke about his plans for the pending grand jury decisions in the deaths of Michael Brown in a St. Louis suburb and Eric Garner in New York and also addressed tax allegations in a New York Times story. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Al Sharpton on $4.5M tax debt report: ‘I ain’t going nowhere’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Rev. Al Sharpton (right) and Bill Cosby. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Bill Cosby loses Al Sharpton support: ‘He has to answer to someone’

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at a breakfast at the Jonas Hubbard Community Center on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, to kick off the Justice For Michael Brown weekend. Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, right, and father Michael Brown, Sr. listen. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Gooden)

Al Sharpton’s ‘regularly sidestepped’ on debts — owes $4.5M back-taxes: report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Rev. Al Sharpton speaks at a breakfast at the Jonas Hubbard Community Center on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, to kick off the Justice For Michael Brown weekend. Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden, right, and father Michael Brown, Sr. listen. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Gooden)

Al Sharpton hits 129 pounds: ‘Never going to be fat — never again’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Rev. Al Sharpton, second from right, walks with former New York Gov. David Paterson, second from left, and Gwen Carr, right, mother of Eric Garner, as they arrive before a march to protest the death of Eric Garner, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, in the Staten Island borough of New York. The afternoon rally and march was led by Sharpton and relatives of Garner, who died July 17 after a New York Police Department officer took him to the ground with a banned tactic in a confrontation captured on video. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

Sharpton calls for federal prosecution in Ferguson

By Alan Scher Zagier - Associated Press

Illustration on Democrat race baiting by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

DENEEN BORELLI: Race-baiting down the homestretch

By Deneen Borelli

President Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Associated Press) **FILE**

CHARLES HURT: Mr. President, where is your soaring rhetoric now?

By Charles Hurt

President Barack Obama waves as he walks from Marine One, across the South Lawn to the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, as he arrives from Chicago. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Obama on Dems: ‘These are folks who are strong allies and supporters of me’

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2006, file photo, former Playboy playmate Stephanie Adams, of New York, left, and her attorney Sanford Rubenstein announce the filing of a lawsuit against the New York City Police Department and others, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Rubenstein is focused on a new police investigation, a potential rape suspect. In a turn that’s whiplash-inducing even for a city where the outlandish is ordinary, the suddenly scarce Rubenstein is under scrutiny from the police force he’s lambasted for years as he built a flamboyant persona and a fortune. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, File)

NYC lawyer accused of sexually assaulting woman after Al Sharpton’s birthday party

By Jennifer Peltz and Colleen Long - Associated Press

Sandra Amezquita, 43, who is 5 months pregnant, speaks at a press conference at the offices of her attorney Sanford A. Rubenstein, left, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, in New York. Amezquita, who was caught on amateur video showing a New York police officer taking her to the ground on her stomach as she tried to intervene in the arrest of her 17-year-old son early Saturday morning, Sept. 20, in Brooklyn, and a woman who says she tried to come to Amezquita's aid, have requested a criminal investigation regarding the officer's actions. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) ** FILE **

Al Sharpton’s lawyer, Sanford Rubenstein, accused of rape; police search N.Y. home

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The Rev. Al Sharpton, left, attends the funeral services for 18-year-old Michael Brown on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis. Hundreds of people gathered to say goodbye to Brown, who was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer on Aug. 9. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)

The Rev. Al Sharpton eulogizes: ‘We’ve got to be here for the long haul’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Lesley McSpadden, left, Michael Brown's mother, closes her eyes during the funeral service for her son, Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis. Hundreds of people gathered to say goodbye to Brown, who was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer on Aug. 9. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post Dispatch, Robert Cohen, Pool)

Michael Brown’s family says he was a ‘gentle soul’

By Jim Suhr - Associated Press