Article Response - "With apprehension filling the air, Ferguson awaits grand jury ruling"

BBC reports that Officer Darren Wilson is planning to leave Ferguson Police Department and possibly going to give up being a police officer altogether as result of a grand jury deciding not to indict him in the death of Michael Brown an unarmed teenager. 

Currently, Wilson is on paid leave and there are discussions going on that he wants to separate from the department. 

Wilson’s lawyer Neil Bruntrager said “realistically, he can’t go back to being a police officer. He knows that. There’s no illusion about any of this. But it’s the way in which he leaves… that’s important to him on different levels.” Wilson hopes by resigning it will ease pressure and protect other officers. During the trail Wilson expressed concern about resigning while the grand jury was hearing evidence for the fear it would make him appear that he was confessing.

Brown’s death led to violent demonstrations in the St. Louis suburb the days following the incident and this week after the grand jury announced that Monday it would not charge Wilson. Wilson said he killed the 18 year old out of fear for his own life during the altercation. Wilson is consistent in saying that he feels he has done nothing wrong. 

It is probably in Wilson’s best interest to separate himself from the police department all together as there would surely be much animosity and threats against his own life and follow officers as result. It is possible Wilson that he could be targeted as an example for protesters and demonstrators to relieve frustrations with this case and many others similar to this one.

       Wilson holds he has done nothing wrong and was following the training he was given for that type of hostile situation. 

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/18/justice/ferguson-awaits-grand-jury-ruling/