article_snippet: A police department employee will be fired and two suspended after being identified by a the Justice Department report as sending racist emails, the mayor of Ferguson told reporters.
article_snippet: Ferguson mayor James Knowles made the announcement Wednesday after Attorney General Eric Holder said Report showed police created a 'highly toxic environment' in Ferguson. '
article_snippet: Let me be clear, this type of behavior will not be tolerated in the Ferguson Police Department or in any department in the city of Ferguson,' Ferguson mayor James Knowles said at the conference.
article_snippet: Not tolerated: Ferguson mayor James Knowles Ferguson mayor James Knowles announced the firing of one police department employee identified among those who sent racist emails .
article_snippet: the mayor of Ferguson did not take any questions at the presser, and though Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson had been expected to attend, no explanation was given for Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson absence.
article_snippet: Civil rights attorney Jerryl Christmas, who has represented people who have clashed with Ferguson police and city officials, said he was not surprised by the findings, and he hopes to see Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson fired. '
article_snippet: Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson did not respond to a request for comment.
article_snippet: Mayor James Knowles made statements earlier expressing dissatisfaction with the Justice Department investigation, according to USA Today. '
article_snippet: I'm not comfortable that Eric Holder announced that there would be wholesale changes before Eric Holder started collecting any evidence,' Mayor James Knowles said. '
highlights_snippet: Ferguson mayor James Knowles announced the termination at a press conference Wednesday .
  