US cop who shot black teenager quits

Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, has resigned from his job.

The death of the unarmed black teenager had sparked months of protest in Ferguson.

A grand jury earlier decided against indicting the 28-year-old white officer.

In his resignation letter Wilson indicated that his continuing in the force would put “residents and police officers of the City of Ferguson at risk”.  

 

 

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