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Another day, another resignation in ferguson, missouri. this time the chief of police thomas jackson. >> the city of ferguson and police chief thomas jackson have agreed to a mutual separation which involves the police chief's resignation from the city of ferguson effective march 19 2015. >> here's a look at chief jackson at work. >> can you explain why you're not releasing the officer's name? >> we weighed the value of releasing the name right now and the safety factor of him and his family and we opted to postpone that. we're just asking that the protests be peaceful.

Statement says by the police chief and city administration. chief jackson as you point out will receive a severance payment and health insurance for one year. they are calling it a mutual decision and they are saying they have agreed to a mutual separation. are they just playing with words here? >> reporter: i don't think so. because what i'm hearing from my sources is that again, because of the law that is in place, that makes it very clear what the city can and cannot fire a police chief for, there had to be a mutual agreement. he also had to agree to go at the same time. so i don't think th...

The chief made mistake after mistake, misstep after misstep. he was not held accountable, it seems like. and i'm really trying to figure out what took so long for him to resign and even more than that. why did he have the opportunity to take a long time to tender hisress seg nation. >> lizz brown, the grassroot activists, those of us that came in calling for justice, the department of justice responded to that. we should give those young people a lot of credit because had there not been a light, we would have never gotten a report. where does the community go from here? how chief jackson's res...

A lot of damage. we're at this moment right now. so if there is to be a positive change with the police department then at this moment if needs to come from chief jackson. he needs to step forward and say, you know what? i may not have done a lot of things right. you may disagree with mooe what have you, or at least try to explain hems but then if he is to go if our reporting is correct, then he needs to go and go in a positive manner instead of a negative manner. >> don lemon, sara sidner we have to send there. don't forget to watch don tonight on "cnn tonight" 10:00 p.m. eastern. up next o...

Report but the police chief, the mayor and the judge that recently resigned are. there you have it. those who have been named in the doj report are gone. >> we got a letter supposedly written from the soon-to-be ex-police chief. this is published in the "st. louis post dispatch." it is with profound sadness i'm announcing i'm stepping down from my position as chief of police for the city of ferguson missouri. my resignation will be effective march 19th 2015 to provide for an orderly transition of command, it has been an honor and privilege to serve this great city and to serve with all of you....