Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson Resigns, Hopes "Resignation Will Allow The Community To Heal"

Zero Hedge ^ | 11/29/2014 | Tyler Durden

[SeekAndFind]

Days after Ferguson was torched by angry rioters following a grand jury verdict not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown, the policeman's lawyer announced moments ago that he has resigned from the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department.

As ABC reports, Wilson has been on administrative leave since the shooting. One of his attorneys, Neil Bruntrager, said the resignation is effective immediately.

Though Wilson was cleared of criminal charges by the grand jury, the Justice Department is conducting a civil rights investigation into the shooting as well as a separate probe of police department practices. Wilson, who has been in seclusion since the fatal shooting, said this week in an interview with "Good Morning America" anchor George Stephanolpoulos that he had gotten married since the Aug.9 shooting and that he and his new wife are expecting a baby.

Wilson's resignation is unexpected because in that interview he announced that wanted to spend his career with the police force, and hoped to one day be promoted to sergeant. "I wanted to stay on the road for 30 years and then retire as sergeant and have a retirement," Wilson said. "That's all that I wanted."

But he said that after what happened, he was not sure he could return to the Ferguson Police Department. He was a member of the department for six years. "I'm not sure it's possible. I mean, you think they would accept me? You think it'd be safe for me?" Wilson asked.

 

He said his notoriety could also put his fellow officers in jeopardy, and asked: "Can I put them in that situation?"

 

Though in the interview he said he had not made a final decision on returning to the force, he offered some thoughts on what else he might want to do.

 

"I would love to teach people. I would love to give more insight on … into the use of force and anything I can," he said. "Anything that I can get out of this career I've had so far and of the incident, I would love to give to someone else."n is unexpected

Wilson's full resignation letter is below:

"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."

[SeekAndFind]

One of the posters on the Zero Hedge site said it:

The community will not heal. Ferguson will turn into a ghost town. Businesses will close. People will move out and the place will be filled with abandoned buildings. Basically half of Baltimore. People vote with their feet.

[NoLibZone]

Only the passing of reverends Al and Jessie will heal black communities.

[dfwgator]

Hopes "Resignation Will Allow The Community To Heal"

It won't. In fact it will only encourage them even more.

[House Atreides]

Officer Wilson has more class and dignity in his little finger than the ENTIRE Michael Brown crowd including the mainstream media, the “protesters”, the Obama/Holder regime and the various government idiots such as Governor Nixon.

[umgud]

I can understand why he can no longer work for the Ferguson Police Dept, but he did nothing to cause the community to need healing nor anything to feel guilt over.

[taxcontrol]

He should take the money raised, move to some rural community out west, buy a farm / ranch / local business of some sort and have his family, raise his kids, etc.

While I wish him the best, it is likely that he will not be left alone unless he goes ghost.

[a fool in paradise]

Has Michael Brown’s friend made a public apology yet for making up that “don’t shoot”/surrender story?

[SeekAndFind]

I wonder if Sheriff Joe Arpaio could use someone like him...

[43north]

“... unless he goes ghost.”

That is exactly what he needs to do. I live not too far from Mark Fuhrman of OJ fame. He’s a nice guy.

[txnativegop]

those two idiots have trained too many protégés for that to happen.

[Rome2000]

Compare and contrast this incident and the professionalism of Wilson with the savage beating murder of Arthur McDuffie by rogue Miami police and the subsequent riots that cost 18 more lives.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/29/mcduffie-riots-miami_n_3353719.html

[Sasparilla]

The city and the other, euphemistically speaking, “unrest” areas have to want to heal to heal. There is zero evidence of that.

[goldstategop]

In twenty years it will all be forgotten.

People will say Darren Wilson, who?

His resignation effectively kills the Michael Brown protest movement.

Without him as a whipping boy around, the steam will run out of it.

He had to be fall guy but that means for all concerned, life goes on.

[RedMDer]

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[Christie at the beach]

This entire incident has set back race relations for many many years. Thank you to Obama, Holder and the crowd that always sees a crisis to further only their power over us.

[MeshugeMikey]

aint THAT a FACT!!

[Brother Cracker]

[Joe 6-pack]

At least after six years, the Obama administration can finally boast that their policies have finally created a new job opening.

[Brandonmark]

Don’t forget that Holder still has that “civil rights violation” trick up his racist sleeve!