Darren Wilson resigns from Ferguson PD, wants the community to heal
buzzz worthy. . . Officer Darren Wilson (l); Michael Brown (r) By Mona Austin Officer Darren Wilson resigned from the Ferguson Police Department (FPD) on Saturday. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Wilson was informed the department had received threats of violence if he remained and he did not want to endanger the force or the public. "I'm not willing to let someone else get hurt because of me," Wilson shared the St. Louis newspaper Saturday. Continuing, the officer who had served on the FBD for nearly three years wrote: "I have been told that my continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the City of Ferguson at risk, which is a circumstance that I cannot allow. For obvious reasons, I wanted to wait until the grand jury made their decision before I officially made my decision to resign. It was my hope to continue in police work, but the safety of other police officers and the community are of paramount importa...