Supporters Rebuild After Car Drives Through Michael Brown Memorial

A car drove through the candles and stuffed animals on Ferguson, Missouri's Canfield Drive, where Michael Brown died in August. Officials and family members said they're working on plans for a more permanent location.

A car drove through a memorial for Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri early Friday morning, prompting many who protested his death to come out with brooms and dustpans.

Just got to #MikeBrown memorial and it's been ran over. Someone who saw it on video said it was intentional.

Word quickly spread among people who have been protesting the unarmed black 18-year-old's killing by a white police officer.

Mike Brown's memorial is ruined #ferguson

By 4 a.m., broken glass was swept up, and the memorial was rebuilt.

Memorial rebuilding. Canfield. #Ferguson

According to one witness, the car was a white Ford Taurus, and the damage to the memorial may have been intentional.

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A reporter from the Washington Post called Ferguson police to see if an investigation was underway. Officer Timothy Zoll said he did not know that a crime had taken place.

“But a pile of trash in the middle of the street? The Washington Post is making a call over this?” http://t.co/7e9MAT8oTW

Police later said Zoll meant it's possible the driver mistook the memorial for trash. The Post reporter said he accurately quoted Zoll.

The department told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the quote is a misunderstanding. The quote is accurate. http://t.co/kzTPmb0jlZ

Rev. Starsky Wilson, co-chair of the Ferguson Commission, said authorities, property owners and Brown's family are working on plans for a more permanent memorial.

@deray Talked 2 city mgr. City issuing release this is NOT representative statement & working w/ family/prop owners 4 permanent memorial.

Here's the memorial in November:

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