Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, has been cleared of charges of human rights violations, the Justice Department declared on Wednesday.

The case involves the death of Brown last August, after he was shot by the Los Angeles police officer. The incident triggered highly charged protests that led to some violent clashes across the United States.

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Wilson shot Brown as the 18-year-old teenager was supposedly charging toward him. This was after the polic officer confronted Brown for a possible case of theft.

Some witnesses testified that Brown had held his hands up in surrender, before the cop shot him.

Protesters who were seeking justice for Brown's death keep chanting, "hands up, do not shoot."

Federal agents and civil rights prosecutors, however, did not believe this story. They took the same stand as the grand jury in November, which decided not to file any criminal case against Wilson.

In its 86-page report, the Justice Deparment gave credence to the police officer's account. Included in the Justice Department's comprehensive report are the testimonies of over 40 witnesses, along with the evaluations of their credibility. The Justice Department has also compared the testimonies with forensic evidence.

Wilson told the prosecutors that Brown had fought with him, reached for his gun and charged at him. This supposedly made him fear for his life. Wilson had left the Ferguson Police Department late last year.

The report said "there is no evidence" presented that will make investigators doubt that the police officer really got scared of Brown. The report also deemed that the witnesses who claimed that Brown was already surrendering at the moment he was shot, were not credible.

"Some of those accounts were inaccurate because they were inconsistent with the physical and forensic evidence," according to the report.

There were also inconsistencies in the narration of some of the witnesses for Brown, it adds.

"Although some witnesses stated that Brown held his hand up at shoulder level, with his palms facing outward for a brief moment, the same witnesses describe Brown dropping his hand and 'charging' at Wilson," said the reort.

Dissappointment gripped the parents of Brown after they heard the Justice Department's decision.

Lesley McSpadden and Michael Brown Sr. said, they were saddened that their son's "killer" would not pay for his actions.

At the same time, they also hailed a second report made by the Justice Department which uncovered "systemic discrimination" being enforced by the Ferguson Police Department and the municipal court against African Americans.

The couple is referring to the second report of the Justice Department, which concluded that the police officers had been routinely violating the constitutional rights of Black residents.

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