Ferguson Announces Permanent Memorial to Honor Michael Brown

Michael Brown will finally receive a permanent memorial in Ferguson, the town’s mayor announced today.

Residents set up a makeshift memorial to Brown in the hours following his death, but Mayor James Knowles said it will be replaced with a plaque and a dove.

St. Louis journalist Jason Rosenbaum tweeted out a picture of what the memorial looks like:

A memorial tree planted for Brown last month was chopped down.

Brown was, of course, fatally shot by Officer Darren Wilson last August, but neither the grand jury nor the Department of Justice found sufficient evidence to go after Wilson.

[h/t ABC News]
[image via Jason Rosenbaum, featured image via screengrab]

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