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Ferguson Mayor James Knowles announces the resignation of police Chief Thomas Jackson during a news conference on Wednesday in Ferguson, Mo. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption

Ferguson Mayor James Knowles announces the resignation of police Chief Thomas Jackson during a news conference on Wednesday in Ferguson, Mo.

Saying that he's trying to save the community of Ferguson, Mo., Mayor James Knowles says that he is frustrated and concerned by the tone of Attorney General Eric Holder's remarks about his city and its police department both of which were harshly criticized in a recent Justice Department report.

Knowles also says that he sees no reason to step down, as some of his critics have demanded, stating that he still has residents' support.

The mayor spoke about Ferguson's response to the Justice report and the renewed calls for his resignation in an interview with All Things Considered co-host Melissa Block on Friday afternoon.

Of the shooting of two officers outside the Ferguson Police Department earlier this week, Knowles says, "As we saw the other night, violence like that is clearly going to set back both sides of this community."

He adds that tensions have risen in Ferguson, where "officers are concerned for their safety; residents are concerned for their own safety right now."

Saying that the city of Ferguson is continuing to go over the federal report that found "a pattern of unconstitutional policing," Knowles says the city's officials want to work with the federal government.

But he stops short of committing to having a federal monitor oversee what Holder called for: "immediate, wholesale and structural corrective action."

Knowles tells Melissa, "We also have to recognize that there are financial limitations to what the city can do and there's also what many residents in our community want to make sure that the city takes care of along the way."

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A day after two police officers were shot in Ferguson, Mo., Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. forcefully denounced what he called the heinous and cowardly attacks, saying that the shooting of two police officers should not impact the progress the city has made in recent days.

What happened last night was a pure ambush, Holder said on Thursday afternoon. This was not someone trying to bring healing to Ferguson. This was a damn punk, a punk, who was trying to sow discord.

Holders remarks came as police in Ferguson are still investigating the shooting outside the Ferguson Police Departments headquarters early Thursday morning, which seriously injured two police officers. No suspects have been taken into custody, but police said they are questioning people in the area.

These are people who protect us, keep us safe. and they have the right, they have the right to come home at night, he said during remarks in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. Seeing this attack last night kind of turned my stomach.

Holdersbrief statement Thursday was one of the last times he will speak publicly before stepping down as attorney general. His comments about the attack as cowardly is particularly noteworthy, because intentionally or not, it evokes language he gave in one of his first speechesin the position.

In a 2009 speech,Holder called the United States a nation of cowards because of how it failed to appropriately reckon with the countrys problematic racial history. These comments were controversial for many, but he defended them last year, saying again that the country was afraid of openly confronting racial issues.

On Thursday, Holder praised Fergusonsleadership for taking good faith steps to move in a new direction recently. Ferguson has parted ways this week with its police chief, city manager and municipal judge, three key figures who were named and criticized in a scathing Justice Department report that found widespread racial bias and predatory behavior in the citys police department and court system. When the report was released last week, Holder said it captured a highly toxic environment, defined by mistrust and resentment.

Make no mistake, we still have a long way to go to bring about the systemic change thats needed, Holder said Thursday. But I think the early indications have been positive.

Holder was speaking during a news conference at the U.S. Department of Justiceto announce cities that would work with the Justice Departments National Initiative for Building Community and Trust, which intends to help improve relationships between police officers and the communities they serve.

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