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This 2014 file photo provided by the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's office shows Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson during his medical examination after he fatally shot Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, File)

Darren Wilson cleared by Justice Department in Ferguson case

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

FILE- In this Nov. 25, 2014 file photo, police watch the street as protesters gather outside the Ferguson Police Department in Ferguson, Mo. The city of Ferguson is making progress in attracting African-American applicants to police jobs, including the position left vacant by the resignation of Darren Wilson, the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown, Mayor James Knowles III said. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Justice Dept.: U.S. report finds racial bias in Ferguson police

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

President Obama, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sgt. James Crowley meet in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 30, 2009. (Pete Souza/White House) **FILE**

Obama says police training needed to reduce their racial ‘bias’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Many police departments are saying it is a mistake to agree to the states setting up independent review boards to evaluate police misconduct, such as the case of the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, last summer. (Associated Press)

States look to set up independent boards to review police misconduct

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

"My father's approach to the most brutal and unambiguous social injustices during the civil rights struggle was rooted in nonviolence as a morally and tactically correct response," Martin Luther King III said in an interview with The Washington Times. "In no way do I, nor would my father, condone any 'ends justify the means' behavior." (Associated Press)

Martin Luther King III sees Ferguson riots, violence against police as setbacks

By Jeffrey Scott Shapiro - The Washington Times

Demonstrators march on Pennsylvania Avenue toward Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, during the Justice for All march. More than 10,000 protesters are converging on Washington in an effort to bring attention to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police. Civil rights organizations are holding a march to the Capitol on Saturday with the families of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two unarmed black men who died in incidents with white police officers. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

George Soros funds Ferguson protests, hopes to spur civil action

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

In this photo released by an official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Office of the Supreme Leader) ** FILE **

Iran’s Ayatollah tweets #BlackLivesMatter in rant against U.S.

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington on Dec. 19, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama: ‘Healthy’ for U.S. to talk about race relations

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A high school graduation photo of Michael Brown rests on top of a snow-covered memorial Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, more than three months after the black teen was shot and killed nearby by a white policeman in Ferguson, Mo. The shooting sparked weeks of violent protests and Missouri Governor Jay Nixon declaring a state of emergency today as a grand jury deliberates on whether to charge Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the death. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT

Ferguson police spokesman on unpaid leave for calling Michael Brown memorial ‘trash’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Image: CNN screenshot

De Blasio receives NYPD’s turned backs at Rafael Ramos’ funeral

Associated Press

President Obama has tried to find a middle ground between speaking up for the African-American community and its troubled history with law enforcement while not being overly critical of cops. (Associated Press)

Obama mum on New York police officer murders as de Blasio, Sharpton seize spotlight

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama smiles at the wheel of a golf cart during golfing at Vineyard Golf Club in Edgartown, Mass., on the island of Martha's Vineyard, on Aug. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

JOSEPH CURL: Obama needs to wake up and smell the progress

By Joseph Curl

FILE - In this Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, file photo, Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a news conference at the National Action Network headquarters in New York. Established civil rights organizations, like Sharpton's National Action Network, have called for people to gather in Washington on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014, for a national march with the families of the two unarmed black men who died at the hands of white police officers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Al Sharpton to lead protest Saturday in D.C. against police brutality

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times

Passersby exit an entrance to the main campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Sunday, May 31, 1998. The university's endowment of nearly $13 billion makes it the richest in the world and, if ranked against Fortune 500 companies it would be in the top 25 percent, The Boston Globe reported Sunday. (AP Photo/Patricia McDonnell)

Ivy League law students now too ‘traumatized’ over Ferguson to take exams

By Jennifer Harper - The Washington Times

In this Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2014 photo, Darcy Edwin of Ferguson dabs paint on a brush as she begins a mural on the boards protecting Ferguson Optical on S. Florissant Road in downtown Ferguson, Mo. The Missouri History Museum and the Regional Art Commission are working to preserve art that sprung up on plywood meant to protect storefronts or cover damage from protesting in Ferguson and St. Louis. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Christian Gooden) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT

Museum working to preserve plywood art in Ferguson

Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ferguson destroyed itself

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

President Barack Obama, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sergeant James Crowley meet in the Rose Garden of the White House, July 30, 2009. Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Obama: Racism ‘deeply rooted’ in U.S.

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

East High School students in Denver participate in a protest against the Ferguson, Missouri grand jury decision, in a busy intersection in front of the state Capitol, Wednesday Dec. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) **FILE**

Denver students accused of chanting ‘hit him again’ after car strikes cops during Ferguson protest

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times