Darren
Wilson, the U.S Cop who shot and killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in
Ferguson, Missouri has resigned from the force. The resignation of Darren
Wilson comes nearly four months after he killed and days after the announcement
that he would not face criminal charges.
Wilson
claims he took the steps to resign citing safety concerns if he stayed.
On
Saturday, activists shifted gears by setting off on a seven-day march from
Ferguson to Jefferson City, the state capital. The march, reminiscent of the
civil rights marches of the 1960s, was organized by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
The NAACP
is calling for a reform of police practices, a new police chief in Ferguson and
a national law to prevent racial profiling by police.
More than
150 people set out on the "Journey for Justice" from the Canfield
Green Apartments, near the spot where Brown was shot and killed, with some
marchers singing the decades-old protest song "We Shall Overcome."
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