ST. LOUIS (AP) – The officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown resigned Saturday from the police department in Ferguson, Missouri, where protests continued but were far more muted than the violence sparked by a grand jury’s decision not to indict the officer earlier in the week.
Here’s a look at the latest developments:
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OFFICER’S RESIGNATION
An attorney for Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who killed Brown, said Saturday that Wilson had resigned effective immediately. Wilson told the St. Louis Dispatch he decided to step down after the police department received threats of violence if he stayed on the force, saying: “I’m not willing to let someone else get hurt because of me.”