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By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Part of a group of several thousand people holding President Donald Trump makes and playing music make their way past Jackson Square and St. Louis Cathedral on Decatur Street while taking part in a Women's March in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

Protesters in New Orleans demonstrate against Trump policies

By CHEVEL JOHNSON and MAX BECHERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 25, 2016 file photo, the funeral procession for slain Baton Rouge police Corporal Montrell Jackson leaves the Living Faith Christian Center in Baton Rouge, La. Jackson, slain by a gunman who authorities said targeted law enforcement. The number of police killed in the line of duty rose sharply in 2016, driven by shootings of police around the country, most notably ambushes in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.From Jan. 1 through Wednesday, 135 officers lost their lives. Some died in traffic accidents, but nearly half were shot to death. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Shootings drive up number of police killed in line of duty

By LISA MARIE PANE - Associated Press

Des Moines Police Sgt. Paul Parizek speaks during a news conference Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016, at Des Moines police headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. Authorities say two police officers in the Des Moines, Iowa, area were shot to death in ambush-style attacks about 2 miles apart. (AP Photo/Scott McFetridge)

Suspect in officer deaths has history of racial provocations

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE - Associated Press

FILE -In this Saturday, July 9, 2016 file photo, A protester yells at police in front of the Baton Rouge Police Department headquarters after police arrived in riot gear to clear protesters from the street in Baton Rouge, La. After a turbulent summer marred by bloodshed, racial tensions and catastrophic flooding, Louisiana's capital will elect a new mayor to lead a city emerging from some of its darkest days. (AP Photo/Max Becherer, File)

Turbulent summer mars Louisiana capital’s mayoral race

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

Baton Rouge mayor Kip Holden, right, a Democrat running for a U.S. House seat, speaks to the Press Club of Baton Rouge about the 2nd Congressional District race while Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond listens, on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)

Louisiana’s 2nd District race quiet ahead of Nov. 8 election

By MELINDA DESLATTE - Associated Press

Feds: No timetable for end of Alton Sterling shooting probe

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN - Associated Press

State wants stripper age case moved to Baton Rouge

By KEVIN McGILL - Associated Press

Daniel Stover, 17, moves a boat of personal belongings from a friend's home flooded home in Sorrento, La., Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016. Louisiana continues to dig itself out from devastating floods, with search parties going door to door looking for survivors or bodies trapped by flooding. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

Talk of regulating Louisiana’s freewheeling Cajun Navy makes waves

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A member of the St. George Fire Department assists residents as they wade through floodwaters from heavy rains in the Chateau Wein Apartments in Baton Rouge, La., Friday, Aug. 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Baton Rouge grapples with Black Lives Matter lawsuit in midst of flood recovery

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Donald Trump tours flood damage as campaign reels from shakeup

By Jill Colvin and Melinda Deslatte - Associated Press

This aerial image shows flooded areas of North Baton Rouge, La., Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says more than 1,000 people in south Louisiana have been rescued from homes, vehicles and even clinging to trees as a slow-moving storm hammers the state with flooding. (Patrick Dennis/The Advocate via AP)

Staying ahead of the mold, Louisiana residents salvage what they can

By Michael Kunzelman, Melinda Deslatte and Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Members of the Baton Rouge Police Department salute as a member of the Louisiana State Police Honor Guard, left, plays "Taps" through driving rain during funeral services for Baton Rouge police Cpl. Montrell Jackson in Baton Rouge, La., Monday, July 25, 2016. Jackson, slain by a gunman who authorities said targeted law enforcement, is the last of the three Louisiana law enforcement officers killed in last week's ambush to be buried. (Hilary Scheinuk/Baton Rouge Advocate via AP) ** FILE **

Joe Biden, Loretta Lynch to attend vigil for three slain officers in Louisiana

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Livonia Police officer Dave Scott salutes as the funeral procession for Dallas Police officer Michael Krol leaves St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church, Tuesday, July 19, 2016 in Redford Township, Mich. (Salwan Georges/Detroit Free Press via AP)

Justice Department warned of attacks against police prior to Baton Rouge ambush: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Baton Rouge Police Department Officer Markell Morris holds a bouquet of flowers and a Superman action figure that a citizen left at Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, where wounded police officers were brought after Sunday morning's shootings. (The Times via Associated Press)

Democrat-funded protests backfire as officer killings boost support for police

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

White House press secretary Josh Earnest speaks to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House calls for cooler rhetoric after Baton Rouge shootings

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Allie Allen and her daughter Harper, 3, place stuffed animals and flowers at a makeshift memorial at the scene of the shooting of police officers, in Baton Rouge, Monday, July 18, 2016. Multiple police officers were killed and wounded Sunday morning in a shooting near a gas station in Baton Rouge, less than two weeks after a black man was shot and killed by police here, sparking nightly protests across the city. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Baton Rouge shooter demonstrated high technical gun skills in slayings

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Baton Rouge Police Officer Markell Morris holds a bouquet of flowers and a Superman action figure that a citizen left at the Our Lady of the Lake Hospital where the wounded police officers were brought after the shooting Sunday morning. (The Times via Associated Press)

Obama condemns ‘cowardly’ Baton Rouge shootings; Trump blames ‘lack of leadership’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Baton Rouge Police Officer Markell Morris holds a bouquet of flowers and a Superman action figure that a citizen left at the Our Lady of the Lake Hospital where the wounded police officers were brought after the shooting Sunday morning. (The Times via Associated Press)

Official: Three police officers feared dead in shooting in Baton Rouge

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times