Michael Brown’s father says family still in morning

FERGUSON, Mo. — On the eve of the anniversary of Michael Brown being shot and killed during a confrontation with a police officer, Brown’s father said Saturday that the family is still mourning the 18-year-old’s death.

Several weekend events were planned to commemorate Brown’s death, Among them was a parade Saturday led by Michael Brown Sr., starting at the memorial on Canfield Drive in Ferguson that marks the site where Brown was fatally shot by former officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9, 2014.

Time has not healed his wounds, Brown said before the procession.

“At the end of the day, I still lost my boy,” he said. “I’m still hurting. My family’s still hurting.