Vote was 7-0. "The City Council will conduct a nationwide search for a new City Manager." Lulz.
From the New York Times
FERGUSON, Mo. — The city manager of Ferguson, Mo., who a Department of Justice report said was responsible for overseeing the city’s operations as it engaged in racially biased and unconstitutional policing practices, has resigned.
The announcement came during a City Council meeting here on Tuesday, about a week after the scathing Justice Department report.
The manager, John Shaw, 39, had held the post since 2007. As Ferguson’s chief executive, he is the city’s most powerful official.
Until the Justice Department report was released, Mr. Shaw had remained largely in the background, while the city’s police chief and mayor became the public faces of turmoil in Ferguson.
But the report highlighted Mr. Shaw as one of the officials responsible for much of the questionable conduct by the police and the courts, which he oversees.
5:44 PM PT:
5:49 PM PT: Shaw's resignation letter.
5:52 PM PT:
My office has never instructed the police department to target African Americans nor falsify charges to administer fees, nor heap absuses on the backs of the poor.
You were the man in charge of the City there, John...