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By David Carson and David Carson / May 18, 2015Police officers in military-style equipement along W. Florissant Avenue on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)
Police officers in military-style equipement along W. Florissant Avenue on Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/TNS)
Shafts of early morning sunlight wash across rows of flags placed in front of Beaumont High School in St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 11, 2013. Students at the school put up about 3,000 flags after school as a tribute to the people who lost their lives in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. MCT PHOTO
Police officers stand to confront a crowd they're trying to break up a demonstration in Ferguson, Mo., on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. Earlier in the day police had shot and killed an 18-year-old man. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)
Police officers stand to confront a crowd they're trying to break up a demonstration in Ferguson, Mo., on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. Earlier in the day police had shot and killed an 18-year-old man. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)
Protesters with rocks and bottles gather as they prepare to throw the items toward police on Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. The protesters did throw the items but they fell short of police. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)
Missouri State Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson gets a hug from Angela Whitman as a crowd of protesters march down Canfield Drive on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)
The QuikTrip in the 9400 block of Florissant Road is looted on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, one day after a Ferguson officer shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)