Darren Wilson Quits Without Severance
The white police officer whose shooting of an unarmed black teenager sparked racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, resigned from the force in response to threats.
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Darren Wilson, the white police officer whose shooting of an unarmed black teenager sparked racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, resigned from the force in response to threats, the town’s mayor said today.
Wilson’s resignation was effective immediately, and he will not receive a severance payment or continued benefits, Mayor James Knowles said.