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Mutual decisions both by the chief and the city manager and i think that their comments and resignation, you know do say that they admit no wrongdoing. >> thank you very much. >> how to deal with the officers to improve relations with the community? >> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington and you're watching "hardball." that was, of course, mayor james knowles of ferguson who announced this evening that chief jackson is resigning his post effective next week. this follows a devastating justice department report of systemic discrimination cared out by the police force in that city. th...

Brown folks were being disrespected stereotypes being used of them and that's a bigger part of what goes on in ferguson, because if we allow those things to happen just oh it's a stereotype these are just young kids who don't mean anything, then it snowballs into what happened with michael brown. it snowballs into the police not having respect for black bodies not having respect for latinos and -- >> let me stand by because here mayor knowles is coming out and we're going to go live to ferguson to hear what mayor knowles is going to say. >> the city of ferguson and police chief thomas jackson ...

People out of money instead of protecting them? telling your department to just go ticket them? >> thank you. >> reporter: we have been talking for days and days and days. all we want is an answer from you. what do you think of this doj report and what are you going to do about it? just any idea what it is you are going to do yourself about this as chief of the department? >> i'm going to analyze the report and take action where necessary. >> reporter: are you planning on resigning? >> i will let you know. >> reporter: are you thinking about it? >> reporter: well he has let us know through oth...

Ferguson? i know you are very well plugged in. >> reporter: yeah initially we heard this was effective immediately, that his resignation, that he would leave today. now we are seeing the actual paperwork. we have been waiting for that so that we can make sure the details are all correct. now we are hearing march 19th that that is going to be his effective leaving date and that lieutenant colonel al eichoff will take over as interim chief. he is already at the department. he will now become the new chief of police as they go for a nationwide search for a brand new chief who will take over full-...

Continue to follow breaking news out of ferguson missouri. the ferguson police chief tom jackson is said to resign sometime today. i want to bring back sara sidner and don lemon working sources to gather more information and get more specifics when this exactly will happen and the final straw that led to this decision. before we talk to them let's play a little sound with the police chief, first you're going to hear a little sound with the police chief from an interview i did with him at the end of september, shortly after he apologized to community for everything that transpired with michael ...