Posted on 09/23/2014 1:21:51 PM PDT by Cecily
A fire has destroyed one of two memorials at the site where 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
Ferguson resident Meldon Moffitt said the fire started around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday on Canfield Drive, the street where Brown was fatally shot Aug. 9 by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.
About two dozen residents gathered at the site Tuesday morning, many of them angry. One man said it was like a grave being desecrated.
Ferguson resident Marcus Henley told MSNBC 'I woke up to it. They light candles with no problem. I think somebody set it on fire. And that says a lot to me.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
How long before they blame it on a cross?
Anything of value was stolen redistributed long ago.
I’m honestly suprised one of these damn things was burned down.
And not run over.
These people place the damn things IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/23/1411496370383_wps_1_A_woman_gestures_by_a_new.jpg
Is that some “honor” to St. Swisher who walked in the middle of the street too?
Its obvious who burned the memorial - he signed his name. How many guys named Rip can their be in that neighborhood?
lol !!!!
...and don’t forget the honorary memorial looting~! There must be memorial looting~!
At least they didn’t call him a “teenager” this time.
Gosh, I hope we’re not going to have an update on that stupid show every day here at FR!
Burnt up faster than a skinny blunt surrounded by a pack 0’ homies! [Snicker]
Those outdoor memorials are an eyesore.
I detest them.
.
That looks like something fun to drive a Jeep over. And over. And over.
Spontaneous combustion?
Someone leave a lit blunt smoldering on it?
Had to look for it in the image. Conspiracy by the news media to focus on the trash heap off the road, and not the hazard posed by the one in the middle of the road?
Reichstag fire.
What? Nobody had a can of Colt 45 handy to put the fire out?
Yes, and at least there is no reminder that he was unarmed.
That 1/2 bottle of absolute prob ran into the bic lighter!
Oh well Cremation is cheap and easy! And very sanitizing!
Citizens dump that city and move on! This will never end no matter what you give those Weebles!
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