he's out: ferguson city council unanimously voted on a resolution to part ways with city manager john shaw, 39, effective immediately  the city manager of ferguson, missouri, has resigned in the wake of a us justice department probe that found a wide range of systemic racially biased practices by the police and municipal court this evening, the ferguson city council unanimously voted on a resolution to part ways with city manager john shaw effective immediately shaw, 39, was among several individuals heavily criticized in the scathing justice department report issued last wednesday shaw had held  the position in the st louis suburb since 2007 the justice department launched an investigation into  ferguson's police department and municipal court after the august 9 shooting death of unarmed black teenager michael brown by a  white police officer a news release from the city said the council had reached a 'mutual separation agreement' with shaw, the city's chief executive the statement also said a nationwide search for shaw's replacement would begin immediately 'i believe that the city of ferguson has the resolve to overcome the challenges it faces in the coming months and emerge as a stronger community for it,' shaw, 39, said in a statement included in the release since brown's death seven months ago, mayor james knowles has been the public face and voice of ferguson's city government but shaw held the legal power to make personnel and policy changes in the police department —   not knowles, a part time officeholder who earns less than $5,000 annually scroll down for video  ousted: embattled ferguson city manager john shaw walks past a police officer as he leaves a closed door meeting with ferguson's mayor and city council  shaw has been ferguson's city manager for eight years he had previously worked as city clerk and assistant to the city administrator in shrewsbury, another town in st louis county online biographies indicate that he grew up in north st louis county and lived in ferguson before working for the city he was honored in 2013 as a distinguished alumnus of a public policy administration program at the university of missouri st louis, which is located near ferguson, and was listed as an adviser for the university's student group for aspiring city managers shaw has not spoken publicly about the shooting, protests, grand jury inquiry or justice department investigation he stood silently beside two city council members at knowles' wednesday news conference responding to the justice department report and declined, through a city spokesman, a subsequent associated press interview request he was not at tuesday's meeting the justice department report repeatedly cited shaw's role in encouraging his police force to aggressively ticket motorists as a means to generate revenue in one instance, he responded to a jackson email about a record setting month for court revenue — nearly $180,000 in february 2011 alone — with the exclamation, 'wonderful!' catalyst: the justice department launched an investigation into policing practices in ferguson after officer darren wilson (left) shot and killed 18 year old michael brown in august  city divided: analysis of more than 35,000 pages of police records found racist comments from officers as well as statistics that showed african americans make up 93 percent of arrests  and when jackson told shaw in january 2013 that municipal court revenue had exceeded $2million the previous year, the city manager was similarly excited 'awesome!' he said, according to the federal inquiry municipal judge ronald brockmeyer stepped down to help the divided city 'begin its healing process' but in a statement issued after the announcement of his departure, shaw said his office 'never instructed the police department to target african americans, nor falsify charges to administer fines, nor heap abuses on the backs of the poor any inferences of that kind from the report are simply false,' shaw said shaw's resignation comes a day after ferguson municipal judge ronald brockmeyer stepped down to help the divided city 'begin its healing process' and to promote public confidence in the court system last thursday, two ferguson police department commanders also quit after racist emails were released during the doj's investigation into the police department sgt william mudd and capt rick henke resigned thursday and city court clerk mary ann twitty was fired wednesday us attorney general eric holder called the doj's report 'searing,' saying the investigation found the ferguson community to be one where both policing and municipal court practices were found to be 'disproportionately harmful to african american residents' 'this investigation found a community that was deeply polarized,' holder said 'a community where deep distrust and hostility often characterized interactions between police and area residents 'a community where local authorities consistently approached law enforcement not as a means for protecting public safety but as a way to generate revenue' embarassement: last thursday, two ferguson police department commanders also quit after racist emails were released during the doj's investigation  speaking out: us attorney general eric holder called the doj's report 'searing' ferguson mayor james knowles said friday that the city is pursuing reforms to reach a settlement with the doj, reuters reports speaking at a town hall event in south carolina two days after the release of the doj report, president obama said the ferguson probe exposed a 'broken, racially biased system' a st louis county grand jury and the justice department both declined to bring charges in the michael brown shooting against officer darren wilson, who left the department the justice department report said wilson acted in self defense when he shot brown but the agency said in its report last week that ferguson's police and court systems functioned as a money making enterprise that heightened tensions among residents strong words: president obama said the ferguson probe exposed a 'broken, racially biased system' the doj report cited cases of racial profiling and bigotry by the predominantly white police force in the mostly black st louis suburb brown's shooting prompted protests in the st louis area and across the nation analysis of more than 35,000 pages of police records found racist comments from officers as well as statistics that showed african americans make up 93 percent of arrests while accounting for only 67 percent of the population in ferguson african americans also made up most of incidents in which officers used force and all incidents where police dogs bit citizens
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ferguson city council voted unanimously to accept city manager john shaw's resignation effective immediately . 'i believe that the city of ferguson has the resolve to overcome the challenges it faces in the coming months and emerge as a stronger community for it,' shaw said in a statement . justice department report repeatedly cited shaw's role in encouraging police force to ticket motorists as a means to generate revenue . shaw had held the position in the st louis suburb since 2007 