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The Rev. Al Sharpton, second from right, walks with former New York Gov. David Paterson, second from left, and Gwen Carr, right, mother of Eric Garner, as they arrive before a march to protest the death of Eric Garner, Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, in the Staten Island borough of New York. The afternoon rally and march was led by Sharpton and relatives of Garner, who died July 17 after a New York Police Department officer took him to the ground with a banned tactic in a confrontation captured on video. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) **FILE**

Sharpton calls for federal prosecution in Ferguson

By Alan Scher Zagier - Associated Press

The mother of Michael Brown, Lesley McSpadden, speaks 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, 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)

Michael Brown family brawls in parking lot over merchandise peddling

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

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

DENEEN BORELLI: Race-baiting down the homestretch

By Deneen Borelli

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) —FILE

Wilson attorneys: Not responsible for leaks

Associated Press

Protesters chant, "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" as they march in the streets of Clayton, Mo. on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014 near the St. Louis County Courthouse during a protest against the Aug. 9, 2014 police shooting of unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Protesters want prosecutors to file criminal charges against the white police officer who fatally shot Brown. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Autopsy shows Michael Brown shot at close range, did not have hands up: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A police officer tries to keep protesters from advancing farther into the parking lot at the Ferguson, Mo., police station, Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. Activists have planed 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) ** FILE **

Missouri state senator jailed in Ferguson: ‘We have a long road ahead of us’

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

President Barack Obama speaks to the media about the government&#8217;s Ebola response, in the Oval Office of the White House Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Greil Marcus: Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown shooters were really ‘killing Barack Obama’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

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

** FILE ** In this March 31, 2011, file photo House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, Caliornia Republican, right, accompanied by the committee's ranking Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings, Maryland Democrat, presides over the committee's hearing on the Freedom of Information Act on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

EDITORIAL: The high cost of freedom of information

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers stand posted at the corner of Chambers Road and West Florissant Avenue on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo., as police search for a suspect in the shooting of a Ferguson police officer. Authorities say a police officer has been shot in Ferguson, the U.S. city that has been the scene of unrest 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, Christian Gooden) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT

Holder: Ferguson highlights need for collaboration

By ANDREW DeMILLO - Associated Press

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

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers stand posted at the corner of Chambers Road and West Florissant Avenue on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo., as police search for a suspect in the shooting of a Ferguson police officer. Authorities say a police officer has been shot in Ferguson, the U.S. city that has been the scene of unrest 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, Christian Gooden) EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER OUT; THE ALTON TELEGRAPH OUT

Ferguson officer shot; police say no protest link

By Jim Salter - Associated Press

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

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

Two protesters protect a man at far left who had words with other protesters as they marched on S. Florissant Road in Ferguson on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Robert Cohen)

Ferguson protesters arrested, in face of more clashes with police

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times