No severance package for Ferguson police officer

Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson did not receive a severance package when he resigned over the weekend, said the St Louis suburb’s mayor yesterday.

Wilson, 28, won’t receive any further pay or benefits, and he and the city have severed their ties, the mayor, James Knowles, told reporters a day after Wilson tendered his resignation —effective immediately.

Wilson had been on administrative leave since he killed Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, during an August 9 confrontation. He wrote in his resignation letter that his “continued employment may put the residents and police officers of the City of Ferguson at risk, which is a circumstance I cannot allow.”