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I don't know. It would be hard to justify firing him if he's simply a product of the local culture. If he's from that area, he probably grew-up without even being aware of what was wrong. Now if it can be shown that he had been informed of the problems years ago and he choose to do nothing, that's a different story...




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Embattled Ferguson Police Chief Is Said to Be Resigning
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Thu, 12 Mar 15 1:28 AM
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He should have been FIRED!

Embattled Ferguson Police Chief Is Said to Be Resigning

The embattled police chief of Ferguson, the focus of bitter complaints of racial discrimination within his department that turned into national protests after one of his white officers fatally shot an unarmed black teenager last August, will resign his post, according to a city official who spoke Wednesday on a condition on anonymity.

The official, who was not authorized to speak for the city, said the announcement would be made later Wednesday afternoon, but he did not know when the resignation would take effect.

The chief, Thomas Jackson, who took over the Ferguson Police Department five years ago, becomes the latest high-ranking city official to fall in the wake of a scathing Justice Department report that accused the city of using its municipal court and police force as moneymaking tools that routinely violated constitutional rights and disproportionately targeted blacks. The municipal judge and city manager, as well as the top court clerk and two police supervisors, have stepped down in the wake of the report’s release last week.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/us/ferguson-police-chief-thomas-jackson-steps-down-michael-brown.html?emc=edit_na_20150311


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