Michael Brown Sr. hasn't shaved his beard in the year since his son was shot


One day shy of a year after Michael Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri, his father led a march from the site of his death to the high school where Brown had graduated from days before.
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Michael Brown Sr. hasn't shaved his beard since his son died.
"Everything I can't say is here," he told CNN, touching his beard. He said he'd shave it once he sees signs of justice, which he isn't particularly optimistic about. His son's shooting sparked nationwide Black Lives Matter protests that continue today, as other unarmed black men are killed by police officers.
Darren Wilson, a white police officer, fatally shot Brown, an unarmed black teenager, on Aug. 9, 2014. Wilson, who stepped down from the police department in November, was cleared of wrongdoing by the U.S. Justice Department and a grand jury.
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
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