It's clear that it's time for the Chief of Police in Ferguson to go. Here are just some of the reasons, many of them described in diaries on this site, which has done a good job of covering this "event":
1. First of all, a Chief of Police is responsible for the behavior, discipline, training, or lack there-of of his employees. There is no excuse for this murderous behavior demonstrated by Wilson. This represents a tolerance for racist, violent discriminatory behavior within that police department that trickles down, if you will, from the leadership.
2. Jackson's contradictions in his press conference, admitting that Officer Wilson did not know whether Brown was connected to the robbery event in question in any way. We still don't know, really, do we? However, even if Wilson did, or if Brown was, policemen and women are not to be confused with jury, judge and executioner. That's the job of the judicial system, and a whole other story.
3. The treatment of peaceful protesters with a militarized police force in Ferguson was the choice of the Chief of Police, and only the chief as far as we know. If other information surfaces, so be it. Although the police force was armed to the hilt with Pentagon surplus equipment apparently, the choice to use it rests with the Chief of Police.
4. Jackson has continually shown a tendency to attempt to cast blame on the people of Ferguson and the looting that went on after Brown's death, even though the people of Ferguson showed immense restraint after the looting event. (I won't deal in this diary with who did the looting and leave that to others. What matters is what happened next).
5. The failure to release the name of the police officer involved for days after the event indicates the ability of Jackson to violate the concept of transparency that is inherent in any public body that retains the respect of the public it professes to serve.
I want to point out that the issue of the militarization of the police force came up during Occupy, as was the maltreatment of Occupy "prisoners", the police abuse of citizens involved with Occupy, and Federal involvement with that issue.
Finally, the country is having the dialogue that should have occurred many years, even decades ago, in it's treatment of minorities, particularly African Americans, and others, everyone, subjected to police abuse, mistreatment and even murder. Let's keep this dialogue going and demands made can help extend this dialogue. Let's start with the call for Jackson to resign. The issues of poverty and unemployment should be a part of this dialogue at some point.