Ferguson, Mo., officials on Sunday planned to address the resignation of a police officer who fatally shot 18-year-old Michael Brown, as his parents prepared to attend a church service where civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton was scheduled to preach.
Darren Wilson, who had been on administrative leave since the Aug. 9 shooting, resigned Saturday, effective immediately, according to his lawyer, Neil Bruntrager, who declined further comment. An attorney for Brown's family didn't immediately return messages seeking comment.
Ferguson officials planned to make a statement on Wilson's resignation Sunday, said Stephanie Karr, city attorney for Ferguson. Karr earlier this week said Wilson had been on paid leave pending the outcome of an internal police investigation.
"We were not after Wilson's job," Sharpton, who planned to preach Sunday at the St. Louis church where Brown's funeral was held, said in a written statement. "We were after Michael Brown's justice."
Brown's parents were set to attend the Sunday service with Sharpton.
Darren Wilson, shown in a photo by the St. Louis County Prosecutor's Office, says he resigned from the Ferguson Police Department because the department told him it had received threats of violence if he remained on the force. (Reuters/St.Louis County Prosecutor's Office)
On Saturday night, more than 100 protesters gathered near police headquarters, where they were outnumbered by officers, following the news. At least one person was arrested after a brief standoff with officers. But many seemed unfazed by the resignation. Several merely shrugged their shoulders when asked what they thought.
Brown, who was black, was unarmed when Wilson, who is white, fatally shot him in the middle of a Ferguson street, where his body was left for several hours as police investigated and angry onlookers gathered.
Wilson said he feared for his life
Some witnesses have said Brown had his hands up when Wilson shot him. Wilson told the grand jury that he feared for his life when Brown hit him and reached for his gun. Brown, who was black, was unarmed when Wilson, who is white, fatally shot him in the middle of a Ferguson street, where his body was left for several hours as police investigated and angry onlookers gathered.
'I'm not willing to let someone else get hurt because of me.'- Darren Wilson
Wilson, who had been with the Ferguson Police Department for less than three years, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch he decided to step down after the department told him it had received threats of violence if he remained on the force.
"I'm not willing to let someone else get hurt because of me," Wilson told the newspaper Saturday.
Civil rights investigation
The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a civil rights investigation into the shooting and a separate investigation of police department practices.
In the days after the shooting, tense and sometimes violent protests occurred in and around Ferguson, a predominantly black community patrolled by a mostly white police force. Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon called in the National Guard to help.
On Monday night, when prosecutors announced that the grand jury declined to indict Wilson, the St. Louis suburb of 20,000 residents was ravaged by looting and violence. By Tuesday, Nixon had sent more than 2,200 National Guard members to the area.
Though protests calmed significantly, more than 100 people have been arrested since Monday. Portland, Ore., police said 10 people were arrested Saturday night "after a large group of protesters laid down in the street and refused lawful orders to clear the roadway."
Demonstrations, which also have been held other U.S. cities, were expected to continue.
Police earlier Saturday reopened several blocks of a major street that had been barricaded off since Tuesday. Some business owners spent the day cleaning up, hoping customers soon would return.
Tracy Ballard, 44, brought her seven-year-old daughter to buy candy and soda.
"I feel sad for the business owners," Ballard said. "It's really sad it had to come from this. We just wanted justice. If we'd have had justice, none of this would have happened."
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