Embattled Ferguson police chief to resign, sources say

DEVELOPING: The chief of the Ferguson, Mo., police department, which was cleared in a racially-charged shooting but accused of years of racial profiling in a subsequent Justice Department probe, will resign, law enforcement sources told Fox News.

Chief Tom Jackson's resignation would come one day after the Ferguson City Council unanimously approved a resolution to part ways with City Manager John Shaw following the probe that alleged racial bias at the department and courts.

The St. Louis suburb has been beleaguered by unrest since a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed, black 18-year-old last summer.

Michael Brown's death prompted protests in the St. Louis area and across the nation, including after a St. Louis County grand jury declined to bring charges against former Officer Darren Wilson.

A Washington Post editorial criticized Jackson for making a "volatile situation worse." But Jackson repeatedly said he would not step down.

The Justice Department cleared Wilson of civil rights charges in the shooting, saying the evidence supported his claim he was acting in self-defense. But the department outlined ways the Ferguson police and court systems functioned as a money-making enterprise that heightened tensions among the city's black residents.

The report already has led to a Missouri appeals court judge being tapped to overhaul the local court system, and racist emails included in the investigation led to the firing of the city clerk and resignation of two police officers last week.

Larry Cunningham, professor and associate dean at St. John's University School of Law in Queens, New York, told The Associated Press last week that the removal of the chief is key to healing the racial wounds in the suburb.

"He should absolutely not stay in office and should step down," said Cunningham, a former prosecutor in Virginia and the Bronx. "The report details a widespread pattern and practice of abuse and discrimination and dysfunction. Because it is widespread and systemic throughout the entire police department, the buck stops at the top — the person in charge — and that's the chief."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/03/11/embattled-ferguson-police-chief-to-resign-sources-say/


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lying sob needs to go. controller is gone too. The only sad thing is that so many people got hurt. Minorities need to be heavily rooted in government because this would never have happened if they had elected the right people into office. It would not have gotten so bad. The citizens let it to a certain extent. Who you vote in is very important!!!! The president can't protect everyone.


This isn't to say that non minorities shouldn't but that city officials clearly were targeting minorities more often.

 

I seriously hope he does resign

 

Get off that minorites bullshit.

The focus is on us...Black men.

 

as the old haitian motto goes

L'Union Fait La Force

Unity makes force

 

True but only if the other members realize we're in it together.
The hardest thing about dealing with all this bs especially here in NY are the "other" minorities who constantly love saying "Why does everything have to be about race with black people (insert minority group here) have suffered too and you don't see us complaining"
That's why the Asian story Petty posted was really uplifting because there was a small group who realizes and appreciates the front line war efforts of those in the black community who came before us who made the sacrafices that make it possible for non whites to get a piece of the dream here. Unfortunately too many think all are woes come from some inability to get over slavery. It's really sad.

 

Even after that you people still don't get it. Even after the international 'black lives matter' marches or those interracial Selma marches. Sometimes I think I'm the one being trolled here.



Wait...then again...I'm seeing some reputable sites (not those conspiracy nutjobs) say this guy was an fbi informant just like uncle al sharpton

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