Sapling was planted in January-Wabash Park in Ferguson , Missouri on Saturday but by Sunday , its trunk had been snapped in half . By Monday , it had been replanted and the Ferguson Police Department is investigating the incident as an act of vandalism . This is the third time a Michael Brown memorial has been destroyed ; in September , a memorial went up in flames and in December , one was hit by a car .
Sapling was planted in January-Wabash Park in Ferguson , Missouri on Saturday but by Sunday , its trunk had been snapped in half . By Monday , it had been replanted and the Ferguson Police Department is investigating the incident as an act of vandalism . This is the third time a Brown memorial has been destroyed ; in September , a memorial went up in flames and in December , one was hit by a car .