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Capt. Ronald Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol hugs Angela Whitman, of Berkeley, Mo., on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014. The Missouri Highway Patrol seized control of the St. Louis suburb Thursday, stripping local police of their law-enforcement authority after four days of clashes between officers in riot gear and furious crowds protesting the death of an unarmed black teen shot by an officer. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, David Carson)

Police: Teen shot by cop suspect in recent robbery

By DAVID A. LIEB and ALAN SCHER ZAGIER - Associated Press

Protesters hold a sign in front of the Vatterott College campus in St. Joseph, Mo. on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014 in support of Michael Brown of Ferguson, Mo. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/St. Joseph News-Press, Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

EDITORIAL: When cops play soldier

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Rep. Hank Johnson, Georgia Democrat (Associated Press) **FILE**

Rep. Hank Johnson: Militarization prevents community policing

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

A large crowd listens during a vigil at Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit on Thursday Aug. 14, 2014. Vigils are being held across the country in the wake of the shooting death of Michael Brown by a police officer in Ferguson, Mo, (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Ryan Garza)

Thousands rally nationwide in support of Ferguson protesters

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Police attempt to secure a street after a clash with protesters Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with people lobbing molotov cocktails at police who responded with smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse the crowd. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Ferguson police got surplus military equipment

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

President Barack Obama pauses while speaking about the situations in Iraq and in Ferguson, Mo., Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Edgartown, Mass., during his family vacation on the island of Martha's Vineyard. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama scolds police in Missouri: Must be held to ‘higher standard’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Thousands of demonstrators peacefully march down a street along with police from St. Louis County and the Missouri Highway Patrol Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. The Missouri Highway Patrol seized control of a St. Louis suburb Thursday, stripping local police of their law-enforcement authority after four days of clashes between officers in riot gear and furious crowds protesting the death of an unarmed black teen shot by an officer. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

SIMMONS: From Ferguson, something wicked this way came

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, Kentucky Republican. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Rand Paul blasts big government for police militarization in Ferguson

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A man watches police through a cloud of smoke in Ferguson, Mo., the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest after a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

St. Louis County police defend use of tear gas, smoke at protests

By Jim Salter and Jim Suhr - Associated Press

A member of the St. Louis County Police Department points his weapon in the direction of a group of protesters in Ferguson, Mo. on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. On Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, a white police officer fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, in the St. Louis suburb. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Ted Cruz weighs in on Missouri riots

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Gov. Jay Nixon speaks during a news conference held at the Capitol on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, in Jefferson City, Mo. (AP Photo/The Jefferson City News-Tribune, Julie Smith)

Governor vows change in Ferguson police response

Associated Press

This April 2, 2014, file photo shows Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Sen. Claire McCaskill: Police are the problem, not the solution, in Ferguson, Missouri

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

Police in tactical gear stand in a street Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Racial tensions have run high in in the predominantly black city of Ferguson, following the shooting death by police of Michael Brown, 18, an unarmed black man. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Despite hackers, chief won’t ID cop in shooting

Associated Press

Turkish court charges Sarah Ferguson on orphanages

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Column: Noisy neighbors blow roof off Old Trafford

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press