In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Darren Wilson says that he no longer believes he can fulfill his wish of spending a lifetime with the Ferguson Police Department and that staying on could place the lives of his fellow officers in jeopardy.
"I greatly enjoyed working in Ferguson, I did," Wilson told "Good Morning America" host George Stephanopoulos.
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Noting his use of the past tense, Stephanopoulos asked if he planned on staying on the force.
"Do you really think it's possible? I mean, you think they would accept me? You think it'd be safe for me?" Wilson asked.
He said he had not made a decision on whether to resign, only that it was something he and his wife "are contemplating."
In the third installment of Wilson, who recently got married, also disclosed that the couple are expecting a child.
The 28-year-old says he takes precautions everywhere he goes, even growing a beard for a time, and that the attention also raises the question of the safety of his fellow officers.
"Is the attention being brought to me going to hurt them? Can I put them in that situation?" he wondered.
Appearing on NBC News' "The Today Show," Lesley McSpadden, Brown's mother, said she found the interview was "disrespectful," while his father, Michael Brown Sr. said Wilson's account of the encounter was unbelievable.
McSpadden also told "CBS This Morning" that she did not "believe a word of [Wilson's story]" and that while Wilson may not have wanted to kill Brown, "he wanted to kill someone."
The family plans on pursuing the case in federal and civil court.
While a St. Louis County grand jury cleared Wilson of a range of charges related to his involvement in the shooting of Michael Brown, the Justice Department is continuing to investigate the Aug. 9 incident.
"While the grand jury proceeding in St. Louis County has concluded, the Justice Department’s investigation into the shooting of Michael Brown remains ongoing,"
Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement released on Monday evening.
He added that "although federal civil rights law imposes a high legal bar in these types of cases, we have resisted forming premature conclusions" in light of the grand jury's verdict.
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