I got some hate mail for saying this last time, but I’ll say it again: it’s the smart move for Wilson. If he stayed on the force in Ferguson, he would probably be a marked man. If he’d gone to another city’s police department, every stop and arrest he made would be put under a microscope of media scrutiny. There probably was no way for him to remain in law enforcement and be an effective officer.
It’s unfair, but what’s fair and what just is are often two very different things in this world. One hopes that Wilson will receive a generous enough arrangement from the Ferguson PD that he can pick up and start a new life somewhere else without too much trouble.
Private investigator or corrections officer? /s