Ferguson cancels all municipal court cases, city manager resigns

March 11th, 2015

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The city manager of Ferguson, Mo., has resigned in the wake of a critical Justice Department report on the behavior of local police. The city’s municipal court has also been canceled for a week, with all cases being transferred to a state judge.

Ferguson City Manager
John Shaw said he believes his resignation “is in the
community’s best interest,” USA Today reported.

Shaw was blamed for behavior by law enforcement and the court
system which the federal government found to be racially
motivated and which primarily targeted African-Americans,
according to
The New York Times.

In a 7-0 vote on Tuesday, the Ferguson City Council agreed to a
mutual separation agreement.

“We appreciate John’s service and commitment to the City of
Ferguson for the past eight years,” Mayor James Knowles III
said in a statement. “The City Council and John Shaw feel
that this is the appropriate time to move forward as we begin our
search for a new city manager.”

On Monday, state Judge Roy L. Richter was reassigned by the
Missouri Supreme Court to take over all pending and future
municipal cases from Ferguson. The high court said the move was
intended “to help restore public trust and confidence,”
adding that Richter would be authorized to implement any reforms
needed to “ensure that the rights of defendants are respected and
to help restore the integrity of the system.”

Richter won’t actually take over the city’s caseload until March
19, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported, but he will
remain in place until the state Supreme Court reverses its
decision.

“The City of Ferguson Court staff is looking forward to
working with Judge Richter, as it begins to regain the trust of
the Ferguson Community,” Mayor Knowles said in a statement.
“We understand there has been mistrust for some time, but the
naming of Judge Richter will begin a new chapter for our
Court.”

The previous municipal court judge, Ronald Brockmeyer, resigned
among allegations of unjustly issuing aggressive fines against
African-Americans. The report said the heavy fines were handed
down unfairly and that Brockmeyer was using the court to generate
revenue for Ferguson.

A “strategy of revenue generation through policing has
fostered practices in the two central parts of Ferguson’s law
enforcement system – policing and the courts – that are
themselves unconstitutional or that contribute to constitutional
violations,” the report reads.

Mayor Knowles also said Tuesday that the city will seek out a new
“reform-minded” judge to lead its municipal court.
However, it is unclear when a new appointee would take over
Ferguson’s cases again, as the Missouri Supreme Court’s
appointment of Richter had no expiration date.

The Post-Dispatch asked court spokesperson Beth Riggert if its
order was meant to last until a new judge was found, but she said
she could not say when the order would be rescinded.

“The Court’s intention was expressed in its order, which, as
you note, is in effect until further order of the Court,”
Riggert said. “I have no way to predict when or under what
circumstances that might occur.”

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