Ferguson

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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2014, file photo, a protester squirts lighter fluid on the police car as the car windows are shattered near the Ferguson Police Department after the announcement of the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Mo, deciding 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. Attorneys for the U.S. Department of Justice say Ferguson, Missouri, is making progress in the effort to end racial bias in police and court practices, but more transparency is needed. U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry on Thursday, June 22, 2017, heard an update on a consent agreement reached in 2016.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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Ferguson mayoral candidate Ella Jones watches election results come in at Drake's Place in Ferguson, Mo., Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Two-term Mayor James Knowles III is opposed by Councilwoman Jones, who would become the first black mayor in Ferguson if elected. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

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Ferguson mayor James Knowles III, center, celebrates his election victory with his campaign supporters at the Lion's Club in Ferguson, Mo., Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Ferguson, Missouri's top elected official in the tumultuous 32 months since the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown won another three-year term Tuesday. (David Carson /St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

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Ferguson mayor James Knowles III, center, celebrates his election victory with his campaign supporters at the Lion's Club in Ferguson, Mo., Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Ferguson, Missouri's top elected official in the tumultuous 32 months since the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown won another three-year term Tuesday. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)

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In this March 4, 2015 photo, then-Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington about the Justice Department’s findings related to two investigations in Ferguson, Mo. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Police departments across the country are facing a crisis in confidence following high-profile deadly use-of-force cases, starting especially with the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. (Associated Press)

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Ferguson, Missouri, was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was punctuated with gunshots. (Associated Press)

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Officers moved in to break up a crowd Monday in Ferguson, Missouri. Waylon McDonald, an organizer with the St. Louis-based Organization for Black Struggle, said he saw little difference in how officers handled protesters this week compared with a year ago. (Associated Press)

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Crowds chant in the street along West Florissant Avenue, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was punctuated with gunshots. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Crowds chant in the street along West Florissant Avenue on Monday in Ferguson, Mo. (Associated Press)

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A crowd gathers along West Florissant Avenue, Monday, Aug. 10, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson was a community on edge again Monday, a day after a protest marking the anniversary of Michael Brown's death was punctuated with gunshots. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Police form a line across West Florissant Ave. during a protest Sunday in Ferguson, Mo. (Associated Press)

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Police take cover after gunfire near a protest in Ferguson, Mo., Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015. The one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death in Ferguson began with a march in his honor and ended with a protest that was interrupted by gunfire. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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A protester yells as police form a line across West Florissant Ave., Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo., before shots were fired near the protest. The one-year anniversary of Michael Brown's death in Ferguson began with a march in his honor and ended with a protest that was interrupted by gunfire. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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In this Aug. 15, 2014, file photo, then-Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson releases the name of the the officer accused of fatally shooting Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

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FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2014 file photo, police arrest a man as they disperse a protest in Ferguson, Mo. Police antagonized crowds gathered to protest the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, violated free-speech rights and made it difficult to hold officers accountable, according to a U.S. Department of Justice report summary published Tuesday, June 30, 2015 by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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Demonstrators rally outside outside the Minneapolis Police Department's Third Precinct to protest police brutality on Nov. 25, 2014, in Minneapolis, following the previous day's announcement that a grand jury has decided not to indict Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed, black 18-year-old Michael Brown. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Volunteers remove items left at a makeshift memorial for Michael Brown Wednesday, May 20, 2015, in Ferguson, Mo. The memorial that has marked the place where Brown was fatally shot by a police officer in August has been removed and will be replaced with a permanent plaque, Ferguson's Mayor James Knowles said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)