Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson is in the final stages of negotiations with city officials to resign, CNN reported Friday.
Citing anonymous sources close to the talks, CNN reported that Wilson may announce as early as Friday that he plans to resign. The St. Louis County grand jury deciding whether to indict Wilson, who is white, in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown is also expected to meet Friday to deliberate.
Wilson has said that if he were to resign it would ease pressure on his fellow officers, according to CNN. But the resignation negotiations have depended on whether the grand jury decides to indict Wilson and he may change his mind if the grand jury does indeed return charges, sources told the news outlet.
Prosecutors are expected to provide law enforcement with 48 hours notice before making a public announcement should the grand jury come to a decision Friday, according to CNN.
Whether this guy stays a cop or not, there are better places for him than Ferguson at this point.
Sounds to me like someone is fishing around for a way to keep him out of prison and avoid violence at the same time. No one should take that bait. There are too many questions. The case needs to go to a regular jury trial.
Sounds like everyone in the Ferguson government knows he’s gonna walk. Even him.
yes, if the grand jury does indeed return charges - it would be very likely that he would stay on the force - from a practical legal defense strategy standpoint, he would almost have to. If charges are made, he will hope that they will be intertwined with ‘carrying out his duty’ (correctly or incorrectly) - and to construct his best defense, he will need to be aligned with the Ferguson Police Department.
In reality, his career on the Ferguson Police Department is over - the only question is when it becomes official.
Makes me suspect the idiot chief’s statement that he’d put Wilson back out on the street if the Grand Jury no-bills was intended to pressure Wilson to resign, not just another example of his cluelessness.