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Members of the Ferguson Police department are seen during a rally on Aug. 30, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo. (Photo by Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty) — Criminal Justice

Missouri lawmaker pushes back on body cameras

By Michele Richinick

One Republican lawmaker in Missouri is pushing back on an effort to increase transparency between the police and residents that would require officers wear body cameras in the wake of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown last year in Ferguson. ...

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A memorial for Michael Brown seen on Nov. 19, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo. (Photo by Sebastiano Tomada/Getty)

DOJ investigations in Ferguson nearing end

Justin Simien poses for a portrait during the Sundance Film Festival, on Jan. 20, 2014 in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP) — Melissa Harris-Perry

'Dear White People' director lives for truth

'The system was never built for us'

St. Louis County police officers stand guard in front of the Ferguson police department on Nov. 24, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty)

Ferguson's alleged money-making machine

MHP on the problem with the 'perfect victim' — Melissa Harris-Perry

MHP on the problem with the 'perfect victim'

DOJ to close probe into Michael Brown... — NewsNation

DOJ to close probe into Michael Brown...

No charges for Ferguson police officer: NYT — Rachel Maddow

No charges for Ferguson police officer: NYT

A man stands in falling snow holding a "Hands-up Don't Shoot" pose following a news conference where members of Justice League NYC presented a list of demands at City Hall in New York on Dec. 10, 2014

Obama and the State of the Black Union

Signs are seen before a protest against police violence towards minorities in New York, N.Y. on Jan. 15, 2015. (Photo by Andrew Kelly/Reuters)

Protesters: We're not going anywhere

St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch speaks during a news conference. (Jeff Roberson/AP)

More trouble for McCulloch

Samaria Rice, of Cleveland, Ohio, wears a button with her son's photograph during an interview at The Associated Press, on Dec. 15, 2014 in New York.

"Will Tamir's death be swept under the rug?"

Michael Brown grand juror sues prosecutor — The Reid Report

Michael Brown grand juror sues prosecutor

Ferguson grand juror files lawsuit — The Last Word

Ferguson grand juror files lawsuit

Melissa Harris-Perry

#BlackBrunch protests spark backlash

St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch on Nov. 24, 2014, at the Buzz Westfall Justice Center in Clayton, Mo. (Cristina Fletes-Boutte/Pool/Getty)

Michael Brown grand juror sues prosecutor

The social justice tipping point of 2015 — PoliticsNation

The social justice tipping point of 2015

Kiara Jacobs, 8, hugs her brother Quentin Stamen, 13, at a memorial where Tamir Rice was fatally shot by Cleveland police officers who mistook the 12 year old's toy gun for a real gun.

Police could hand over Tamir Rice probe

New momentum in 2015 for activism — Jose Diaz-Balart

New momentum in 2015 for activism

Ferguson Celebrates Thanksgiving Weekend Amidst Turmoil

For Ferguson momement, a long road traveled

Protestors autograph a sketch of Michael Brown during a protest, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014, in Atlanta, Ga. (Photo by David Goldman/AP)

The year of Michael Brown

People visit the Michael Brown memorial in the Canfield Green Apartments on Nov. 27, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty)

Ferguson police spokesman placed on leave

Greg Bajema views the memorial of stuffed animals, flowers, tee-shirts and ball caps that remains on Nov. 5, 2014 in Ferguson, Mo. (Scott Olson/Getty)

Michael Brown memorial rebuilt

Toni Martin, right, cries out on Dec. 24, 2014, as she talks to police at the scene where she says her son was fatally shot Tuesday at a gas station in Berkeley, Mo.

St. Louis erupts again

The Reid Report

The truth about the 'dead cops' chant

Police officer murders exacerbate tensions — Rachel Maddow

Police officer murders exacerbate tensions

Anti-government protesters guard the perimeter of Independence Square, known as Maidan, on Feb. 19, 2014, in Kiev, Ukraine.

This is how the world protests

Element of danger in recent wave of protests?

Element of danger in recent wave of protests?

Protesters rally against a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner in Foley Square, Dec. 4, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Jason DeCrow/AP)

Will the protest movement carry on?

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