© ReutersOfficer Darren Wilson
Ferguson officer Darren Wilson, who fatally shot black teenager Michael Brown, has resigned from the police force, his attorney said. The news comes amid unceasing protests across the US against a grand jury decision clearing Wilson of murder charges.
The resignation is effective immediately, AP quoted one of Wilson's lawyers, Neil Bruntrager, as saying on Saturday.
Prior to the resignation, Wilson was on administrative leave from the Ferguson Police Department since the August 9 shooting.
On Monday, a St. Louis County grand jury decided
not to indict Wilson, 28, for the fatal shooting of the 18-year-old Brown.
Wilson testified that he used deadly force against Brown - who was unarmed - in self-defense.
A majority of witnesses told the grand jury that the teenager had his hands raised and was running away from Wilson as the officer shot him repeatedly. This was, however, denied by St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch, who announced the grand jury's decision and highlighted the alleged scuffle between Brown and Wilson, which ended with the police officer unloading his gun 12 times against Brown.
Wilson's attorneys argued that he had been following his training and the law when he shot Brown.
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