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

DENEEN BORELLI: Race-baiting down the homestretch

By Deneen Borelli

Protesters, including Cornel West, second from right, march to the Ferguson, Mo., police station, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014, in Ferguson. Activists planned a day of civil disobedience to protest the shooting of Michael Brown, in August, and a second police shooting in St. Louis last week. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Ferguson unrest costs taxpayers $5.7M and counting: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2014 file image from video released by the City of Ferguson, Mo., officer Darren Wilson attends a city council meeting in Ferguson. Wilson has told authorities that Michael Brown reached for the gun during a scuffle, the Times reported in a story posted on its website Friday night Oct. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/City of Ferguson, File)

Ferguson officer Darren Wilson says he was pinned in vehicle, feared for life

Associated Press

Protesters gather around the St. Louis University campus clock tower after a march through the streets of St. Louis protesting against the recent shootings of two young black men by law enforcement officers, early Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Hundreds march to Ferguson police station

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER and JIM SALTER - Associated Press

A protester yells at a Missouri State Police officer during a protest at the Ferguson, Mo., police headquarters Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, in Ferguson. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Thousands protest police shootings in St. Louis

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER - Associated Press

Police wearing riot gear form a line to contain protesters Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014, a day after Vonderrit D. Myers was shot and killed by white, off-duty St. Louis police officer in St. Louis. Police say Myers was shot Wednesday after he opened fire on the off-duty officer, but Myers' parents say he was unarmed. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

St. Louis, Ferguson police prep for ‘bad things’ in ‘weekend of resistance’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Larry Claffy, center, of Overland, and a patron of Faraci Pizza, in Ferguson, Mo., has words with Umar Lee outside the restaurant on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. There has been unrest in the St. Louis suburb since the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed, black 18-year-old, by a white police officer. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen)

Rand Paul visits Ferguson ahead of more protests

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

D.C. Council probes police-community relations

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

A woman is arrested by police officers in front of the Ferguson Police Department, on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen)

Some questioning latest round of Ferguson arrests

By JIM SALTER - Associated Press

Chris Brooks leaves the St. Louis County courthouse on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014 in Clayton, Mo. Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who shot unarmed teenager Michael Brown, received commendations for his actions in a 2013 case involving Brooks. A judge approved a request by county prosecutors Monday for a St. Louis County grand jury to review the Brooks case involving Wilson. Defense attorney Nick Zotos said his client was &quot;roughed up&quot; by Wilson and also questioned whether his actions merited special recognition. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Gooden)

Voter registration surges in Ferguson, post-Michael Brown shooting

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Pro-democracy protesters flood the Central financial district in Hong Kong Monday, Sept. 29, 2014. Protesters expanded their rallies throughout Hong Kong on Monday, defying calls to disperse in a major pushback against Beijing's decision to limit democratic reforms in the Asian financial hub. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Hong Kong protesters go Ferguson style: ‘Hands up, don’t shoot’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Several hundred people pack a room on the St. Louis Community College Florissant Valley campus during a meeting held by the Department of Justice to talk about the agency's investigation of the Ferguson police department Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Members of the Department of Justice also spoke with people individually about their interactions with Ferguson police and other law enforcement agencies in St. Louis County. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Ferguson, Mo., signs up for Obama’s ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ program

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

The parents of Michael Brown, Lesley McSpadden, left, and Michael Brown, Sr., right, speak to The Associated Press during an interview in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. Michael Brown's parents say they are unmoved by the Ferguson police chief's apology in their son's shooting death by a police officer. Instead, Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr. told The Associated Press they would rather see an arrest, and Brown Sr. said he wants the police officer &quot;in handcuffs.&quot; (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Ferguson demands high fees to turn over city files

By JACK GILLUM - Associated Press

President Barack Obama speaks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 44th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. Obama told the audience that the mistrust of law enforcement that was exposed after the fatal police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, has a corrosive effect on all of America, not just on black communities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama, citing shooting in Missouri, criticizes racial disparities in law enforcement

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In his speech at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner, President Obama discussed race relations in America. (Associated press)

CURL: Obama: ‘Most Americans’ think nation is racist

By Joseph Curl

President Barack Obama speaks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 44th Annual Legislative Conference Phoenix Awards Dinner in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. Obama told the audience that the mistrust of law enforcement that was exposed after the fatal police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, has a corrosive effect on all of America, not just on black communities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama says Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson ‘stains the heart of black children’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times