Officer Darren Wilson speaks in ‘New Yorker’ interview

Despite the civil unrest that occurred in Ferguson after his acquittal, Wilson still contends what happened was “not a race issue”.

“We can’t fix in 30 minutes what happened 30 years ago”, Wilson said on the topic of racism in the police force. “You’ve got to start somewhere”.

Wilson told The New Yorker he has sought another police job but has routinely been told he would be a liability. The tactics drew criticism from the Justice Department, among others.

[New black interim police chief aims to “reshape” Ferguson].

But at the same time, he criticized the culture that he saw in the neighborhood.

Now, Wilson and his family continue to keep a low profile, rarely venturing outside and choosing locations for outings carefully, like restaurants.

The article chronicled Wilson’s own sometimes hard upbringing, his training as an officer and his work in a local Missouri police force that the US Justice Department has criticized for targeting the community’s African-American majority.

But his mother managed to avoid prison.

A string of police killings of black suspects since the shooting in Ferguson has caused an outpouring of anger at perceived police racism and prompted calls for change. Wilson would give chase. Wilson felt the people were unwilling to work. He said states must also provide better education, employment and housing opportunities for residents.

That arrest and others amounted to “questionable constitutional behavior”, New York University law professor Erin Murphy told the magazine.

He continued: “I am really simple in the way that I look at life”.

Wilson also revealed that although he worked in a predominantly Black neighborhood, he lived far away from it because he wanted a “buffer”.

A family spokesperson for Brown’s parents had a “mixed reaction” to the New Yorker piece, adding that they are “not surprised” by what Wilson said.

Next, the DOJ report – collaborated by DNA evidence and bruising on Wilson’s jaw – says Brown reached into the Tahoe’s window, grabbed Wilson and punched him.

Clifton Kinnie, a young activist in Ferguson, still doesn’t buy Wilson’s claims.

Wilson said he hasn’t read the DOJ’s scathing report on Ferguson. And similar riots broke out in Baltimore in April following the funeral of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died after being injured in police custody.

It’s a community he’s unlikely to return to soon, as Wilson – who bought his house with donations from supporters – is basically unemployable. He has applied for several law enforcement positions with no luck.

Wilson said that in the months following the shooting he had been preoccupied with the legal ramifications and overall tumult and had not thought about who Brown really was.

“While we’re trying to save lives, politicians are trying to save their jobs”, he said. He recounted a typical exchange: ” ‘Why you running?’ ‘Because I’m afraid of getting caught.’ ‘Well, what are you afraid of getting caught for?’ ‘I don’t know.’ ‘Well, there’s a reason you ran, and there’s a reason you don’t want to get caught.