--- description: A suburban St. Louis cop who was suspended for pointing his semi-automatic rifle and threatening protesters in Ferguson. title: Missouri Cop Resigns After Pointing Rifle at Ferguson Protesters image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82627b9dfb499197/6986a18635ba6fcde6c039ca/453878012.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Missouri Cop Resigns After Pointing Rifle at Ferguson Protesters by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 29, 2014 6:42 PM CUT  St. Ann, Missouri police officer Lt. Ray Albers points an assault rifle at a protester, Aug. 19, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri. St. Ann, Missouri police officer Lt. Ray Albers points an assault rifle at a protester, Aug. 19, 2014 in Ferguson, Missouri.Aaron P. Bernstein—Getty Images by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 29, 2014 6:42 PM CUT A suburban St. Louis cop who was suspended for pointing his semi-automatic rifle and threatening protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, has resigned, the police chief told the Associated Press. Lt. Ray Albers, who was put on indefinite leave from the St. Ann Police Department after being caught on a cellphone video that went viral, quit the job he had held since 1994 on Thursday. Albers could not be reached for comment… [Read the rest of the story at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/missouri-cop-resigns-after-pointing-rifle-ferguson-protesters-n191751?cid=par-time-article%5F20140829 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3222962/missouri-cop-resigns-ferguson/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3222962/missouri-cop-resigns-ferguson/"},"headline":"Missouri Cop Resigns After Pointing Rifle at Ferguson Protesters","datePublished":"2014-08-29T18:42:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:56:21.138Z","description":"A suburban St. Louis cop who was suspended for pointing his semi-automatic rifle and threatening protesters in Ferguson.","url":"https://time.com/3222962/missouri-cop-resigns-ferguson/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82627b9dfb499197/6986a18635ba6fcde6c039ca/453878012.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt82627b9dfb499197/6986a18635ba6fcde6c039ca/453878012.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cop Suspended Indefinitely After Threatening To Kill Ferguson Protestor","caption":"Cop Suspended Indefinitely After Threatening To Kill Ferguson Protestor","creditText":"Aaron P. Bernstein—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3222962/missouri-cop-resigns-ferguson/","name":"Missouri Cop Resigns After Pointing Rifle at Ferguson Protesters"}}]}] ```