I was reading some news on the internet this morning, and suddenly, I saw this one at the bbc's main page, and I wanted to know what happenned. You can read it right below:
-The white police officer who fatally shot unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in the US town of Ferguson has resigned, his lawyer says.
Darren Wilson, who had been on administrative leave since the killing, told a newspaper he did not want to put the lives of police colleagues at risk.
Resigning was, he said, the "hardest thing" he had ever had to do.
Rioting rocked Ferguson and other towns this week after a jury decided he should not be charged over the killing.
The BBC's Washington correspondent, Tom Esslemont, says that to many in Ferguson, it was only a matter of time before Mr Wilson resigned.
His lawyer said his resignation was effective immediately.
The 9 August shooting in the St Louis suburb and the decision not to charge Mr Wilson triggered a nationwide debate over relations between black communities and law enforcement.
'Safety paramount'
The St Louis newspaper said Mr Wilson, 28, had decided to step down after his police department received threats of violence if he stayed on as an employee.
The cop:
The boy:
Personal opinion: The teenager, had his hands up, and he was unarmed, but Mr. Wilson shot him because he thought the boy was a threat to his colleagues, and that's where you can find the mistake, although mr Wilson said he's giving up on being a cop, because he said: "If I cant protect people, I'm not doing it properly", but that's not going to bring the kid back to live. There are no criminal charges against the cop, although, the US justice department has launched an invesgation into whether Mr Wilson violated Mr Brown's civil rights.
Vocabulary:
Riot: motí
Criminal charges: càrrecs criminals
Resigning: dimitint
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