Michael Brown Sr., center, leads a unity march commemorating a decade after Michael Brown Jr.’s police killing on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, outside of Normandy High School in Normandy. Michael Brown Jr., his son, was killed by a Ferguson police officer in 2014 only days after graduating from high school. Brian Munoz/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption
Police hold a perimeter near the White House as demonstrators gather to protest police brutality in the morning hours of May 31 in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Ella Jones, photographed in March of 2015, when she was a candidate for Ferguson's city council, became the Missouri city's first African American and first woman elected mayor of Ferguson. Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption
Councilwoman Ella Jones will become the first African American and first woman to serve as mayor of Ferguson. Here she's seen speaking at a mayoral forum in the city in 2017. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
Protesters march to the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse on Aug. 10, 2015, in St. Louis. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
Can the presence of more black police officers reduce police violence? Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption
A protester demonstrates against the death of Keith Scott in front of police in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday. Brian Blanco/Getty Images hide caption
Lezley McSpadden (right) led a march to the street where her son, Michael Brown, died two years ago in Ferguson, Mo. Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, is dressed in blue, and Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, is dressed in white. Both Eric Garner and Tamir Rice died in high-profile incidents with police. Durrie Bouscaren/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption
A woman holds a cellphone up to a police officer as an attempt is made to calm the crowd after an arrest is made following the sniper shooting in Dallas on Thursday. Laura Buckman/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Delrish Moss was chosen as the new police chief for the city of Ferguson, Mo. Miami Police Department hide caption
Ferguson City Council's acceptance of the consent decree means the city retains control of the police and courts, but also pays for an independent monitor to ensure the reforms are implemented. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Ferguson mayor James Knowles III, (second from left) speaks during a city council meeting on Feb. 2. The meeting was the first opportunity for residents to speak directly with city leaders about the preliminary consent agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
A mural depicting peace in Ferguson was painted on the wall of a vacant building near the city's police department. David Goldman/AP hide caption
"Black Lives Matter: Race, Resistance and Popular Protest" is among the most popular courses at NYU's Gallatin School. Errin Whack hide caption
Members of the Ferguson Commission, including co-chairman Starsky Wilson (second from right), listen at a recent hearing. After months of deliberation, the commission is releasing a report laying bare racial and economic inequalities in the St. Louis region, and calling for change. Jason Rosenbaum/St. Louis Public Radio hide caption
A new Justice Department report gave a total of 113 lessons learned and a half-dozen themes that "permeated all aspects of the police response" during the height of the demonstrations in Ferguson, Mo., last year. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption
Trymaine Lee reports in Ferguson in August 2014. Courtesy of Trymaine Lee hide caption
Heavily armed civilians with a group known as the Oath Keepers in Ferguson, Mo., early Tuesday. St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar has said the presence of the group was "both unnecessary and inflammatory." Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
Michael Brown Sr. (center) leads a march in remembrance of his son, Michael Brown, on Sunday in Ferguson, Mo. It has been exactly one year since Michael Brown was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption
Sam's Meat Market was looted and vandalized at least three times during the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., last year. Cheryl Corley/NPR hide caption
A new report counted the race and gender for more than 2,400 elected prosecutors and found that 95 percent are white. Cultura RM/Matelly/Getty Images hide caption