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Michael Brown Memorial Removed

R.I.P.

To be replaced with plaque.

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A memorial to Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, was cleared away Thursday night, amid preparations to replace the makeshift monument with a permanent plaque. The announcement was made by Mayor James Knowles III and Michael Brown Sr. on what would have been the teenager’s 19th birthday, nine months after the fatal police shooting. Officials had said the site’s stuffed toys and flowers were a safety hazard.

Read it at St. Louis Post-Dispatch