Year after death, Michael Brown lies in relative obscurity

Yahoo! News ^ | November 29, 2015 | Jim Suhr, The Associated Press

[2ndDivisionVet]

NORMANDY, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown once told an uncle that the world would know his name one day, and he was right. Fifteen months after the black 18-year-old's killing by a white Ferguson police officer made him a key figure in the debate over the treatment of blacks by U.S. law enforcement, though, Brown lies buried in relative obscurity.

Brown is among the most notable residents of 160-year-old St. Peter's Cemetery, but there is no headstone marking his grave. Instead the burial plot — Section 10, Block F, Lot 12, Grave 4 — is visible only when gazing down at a concrete slab simply spray-painted in orange with "MB."(continued)

[armydawg505]

I wouldn’t call him one of the most notable, rather one of the most infamous.

[nomad]

I`d build him one, a few hours after a NICE bean burrito dinner. Complete with streaked, bunched up, tissue streamers.

[PAR35]

Michael Brown lies in relative obscurity

On the other hand, his supporters lie with gusto.

[KosmicKitty]

Tats cost money. Family for to prioritize.

[mkjessup]

#blackThugDontMatterNow

[digger48]

Are we supposed to build a shrine to him instead?

Already has a plaque to replace the pile of garbage left in the street where the 300 pound pile of garbage attacked a police officer

[Vermont Lt]

Black lives matter.

You think they would collect dollar bills all over the country.

Good Lord....where is his family?

[4Liberty]

The convenience store clerk battered by MB was the ‘Juanita Broaddrick’ of this entire affair.

The Media will NEVER let publicize his name, or his traumatic story.

As I recall, he was a person of color - Asian, Filipino, Indonesian, or something like that.......

[o_1_2_3__]

And with his initials sprayed on with orange graffiti -- fitting somehow

I don't wish to be unduly disrespectful of the dead but this flourish could only be made complete by him being buried in a hoodie with his crackpipe.

[sheana]

The really bad thing is......markers are not even that expensive. I’ve purchased a few in the recent years from this company. Setting it is usually included in the plot price.

http://www.affordable-markers.com/pricing.html#price

[toddausauras]

That’s hilarious….Syrian pilgrims will stop at his shrine and pray to Allah.

[skeeter]

I guess they want a monument.

And you have to be able to spell.

'Here lie Michael Broun'

[catfish1957]

My prayers for the police officer whose life was ruined because of this thug.

Yep, an ugly footnote to this sorry affair. I guess I missed the BLM apology to officer Wilson after he was cleared of wrong doing for the event. /s

[JoeProBono]

[twister881]

Axe the fambly and they’ll tell you dey gots more impo’tant things to spend all dey Benjamins on.

[kcvl]

“Tombstone would cut into profits”

Exactly!

It proves his family cares as much about him in death as they did in life, NONE, unless there is money involved for them!

[EvilCapitalist]

Didn’t Brown grab him by the throat and shove him?

[ozzymandus]

Micheal has not committed a crime in 15 months. He is to be congratulated.

[fieldmarshaldj]

Where’s the engraving of him shaking down the shopowner ?

[exit82]

"LeFlore said McSpadden worries that her son's gravesite might be defaced. Last Christmas, an unidentified motorist — whether intentionally or accidentally — plowed through a shrine in the street where Brown fell dead. And last April, a tree planted in a Ferguson park in Brown's memory was vandalized within hours and its dedication marker was stolen.

#BlackMarkersDontMatter