According to an article in the Washington Post, on Christmas day someone ran over the memorial for Michael Brown set up in the middle of Canfield Drive, the spot where the young man's life was abruptly and violently brought to an end. The destruction was, apparently, intentional.
The Ferguson Police Department weighed in:
Officer Timothy Zoll, the Ferguson Police Department’s public relations officer, said that no crime had been reported in connection to the memorial’s destruction. He suggested that the department would look at any video of the incident, but he did not specify whether the department would investigate.
“I don’t know that a crime has occurred,” Zoll said Friday. “But a pile of trash in the middle of the street? The Washington Post is making a call over this?”
A pile of trash in the middle of the street. I suppose that's how Zoll and his Ferguson Police brethren viewed Michael Brown on August 9, too.
Sorry I don't have more to say. Words fail me right now.
Update: Timothy Zoll has been placed on unpaid leave and is awaiting discipline. See here for more information.