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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...

Weeks and months have asked for it to dissolve. the police chief wanted to prevent that from happening and this is a move on his part i think to try and make sure the department stays in place. this is a movement from the city to try to change things and try to look at the doj report and try to start taking some actions. will this be enough? we will have to wait and see. >> they are not releasing details of the severance payment that he's getting. it says he will receive a severance payment and health insurance for one year. we don't know if that one year's salary is that his severance payment...

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 ...

City's administration. chief jackson will receive a severance payment with health insurance for one year. lieutenant cornell al will attend the duties effective thursday march 19th, 2015. we'll begin conducting a nationwide search for a new police chief. one week ago today, the stipofcity of ferguson received its final report from the department of justice. the city is committed to addressing each item outlined in the report. it's the city council's goal to continue to be transparent as we strooi strive to become a vibrant and diverse community. i would like to say this to ferguson residents, ...

Community is of paramount importance to me." ferguson mayor james knowles released details of the resignation yesterday. take a look. >> the city manager has accepted officer wilson's resignation. and as of yesterday officer wilson is no longer an employee with the city of ferguson. there is no severance agreement with officer wilson and the city of ferguson. the city of ferguson will not be making a severance payment to officer wilson. >> all right. let me repeat, officer wilson will not be getting a severance package from the city. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani had some very stron...