Saturday 29 November 2014

Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson resigns, attorney says

The white police officer who killed Michael Brown has resigned from the Ferguson Police Department citing security fears, according to yahoo news.

Darren Wilson ,28, has been on administrative leave since the Aug. 9 shooting. His resignation was announced Saturday by one of his attorneys, Neil Bruntrager. Bruntrager says the resignation is effective immediately.

Wilson's resignation letter reads:
"I, Darren Wilson, hereby resign my commission as a police officer with the City of Ferguson effective immediately. I have been told that my continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the City of Ferguson at risk, which is a circumstance that I cannot allow. For obvious reasons, I wanted to wait until the grand jury made their decision before I officially made my decision to resign. It was my hope to continue in police work, but the safety of other police officers and the community are of paramount importance to me. It is my hope that my resignation will allow the community to heal. I would like to thank all of my supporters and fellow officers throughout this process."
 The U.S. Justice Department is still conducting a civil rights investigation into the shooting and a separate probe of police department practices.

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