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Breaking: Ferguson police chief could step down after negative DOJ report
Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson could announce his resignation on Wednesday, according to anonymous sources. (Photo: CNN)
An anonymous source told CNN that Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson has said he’s willing to step down, but wants to make sure his department isn’t dissolved.
CNN claims the source works in City Hall and said they don’t know when the chief plans on stepping down. Jackson on previous occasions has said he’d step down, but has not.
A separate law enforcement source told Fox News the police chief will announce his resignation on Wednesday.
Guns.com reached out to the Ferguson police department and City Hall, but could not reach anyone to either confirm or deny the CNN source’s claim.
City Manager John Shaw resigned Tuesday, just after the Justice Department named he and Jackson in a report calling into question the racially discriminatory practices of police and the city’s court system.
In the report, the DOJ chided Ferguson police for intentional discrimination towards black people and cited numbers of disproportionate arrests of the group over other races.
A separate report cleared Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson of any wrongdoing in the Aug. 9, 2014 shooting death of Michael Brown after a physical altercation with the 18-year-old.
Wilson was acquitted of charges by a grand jury on Nov. 24, 2014, which sparked a national wave of anti-police protests.
The shooting itself sparked protests in Ferguson, a result of years of tension between police and the African American community there.
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Source: http://www.guns.com/2015/03/11/ferguson-police-chief-could-step-down-after-negative-doj-report/
