Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown has resigned from the Ferguson Police Department, his attorney said, according to Associated Press.
The news agency reported the decision, which comes nearly four months after the fatal confrontation with the black 18-year-old that fueled protests in the St. Louis suburb and across the nation.
The Ferguson police officer who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown is unlikely to ever return to policing, his lawyer has said.
A grand jury announced its decision on Tuesday not to press criminal charges against Darren Wilson over the death of Brown, sparking violent riots in Ferguson and protests in dozens of US cities.
"Realistically speaking, Darren will never be a police officer again, and he understands that," Jim Towey told NBC station KSDK.
"Going forward it will be school, and trying to carve out a new niche, new career, for he and his family."
Neal Bruntraeger, Wilson's other lawyer, said his client understood the risk he was taking by speaking publicly for the first time, revealing that people had "offered bounties on his life" after the fatal shooting.
Armies of protesters took to the streets following the Ferguson shooting decision, in a sign of the monumental challenge now facing America.
The police officer who shot dead Michael Brown says he has a clear conscience over his actions.