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.
Over a hundred protesters in Ferguson, angry at the decision not to indict Darren Wilson for killing unarmed black teenager Michael Brown, have started a week-long peace march to Jefferson City.
The 135-mile march is being organised by the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People in an attempt to bring peaceful visibility on the need for reform in the justice system.
NAACP president Cornell William Brooks told the St Louis Post:
Participants will walk more than 20 miles during the day and start at churches at night.
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.