Ferguson City Manager Cited in Justice Department Report Resigns
The city manager of Ferguson, Mo., who a Department of Justice report said was responsible for overseeing the city’s operations as it engaged in racially biased and unconstitutional policing practices, has resigned.
The announcement came during a City Council meeting here on Tuesday, about a week after the scathing Justice Department report.
The manager, John Shaw, 39, had held the post since 2007. As Ferguson’s chief executive, he is the city’s most powerful official
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Over the past several months, Mr. Shaw has been the city’s lead official in discussions with the federal authorities over ways to improve the city. The Justice Department’s report, however, shows that Mr. Shaw aggressively pushed the police to bring in more money through tickets and fines that disproportionately fell on blacks. And he ignored warnings that the criminal justice system was unfair and needed fixing.
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