There have been "egregious" threats against the Ferguson Police in the months since the killing of unarmed teen Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson pictured above, Mayor James Knowles said today, but he denied that the city asked the cop to leave the force.
Wilson, who resigned from the Ferguson Police Department on Saturday, five days after a grand jury declined to indict him in the killing, said in his resignation letter he was concerned about whether his continued presence on the force would endanger police.
"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," he wrote.
But the mayor said at a news conference today that the department did not ask Wilson, 28, to leave the force, and said he will not receive any severance or benefits.
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