US police officer Darren Wilson - who fatally shot unarmed
black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson - has resigned from the force
His lawyer Neil Bruntrager told US media the resignation was
effective immediately.
The St Louis
Post-Dispatch newspaper said the 28-year-old Mr Wilson had decided to step down
after his police department received threats that violence would follow if he
stayed on as an employee.His letter reads
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."
In a subsequent
telephone interview on Saturday evening, the paper quoted Mr Wilson as saying:
"I'm resigning of my own free will. I'm not willing to
let someone else get hurt because of me."resigning was "the hardest
thing I've ever had to do".
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