this is the place it began, where officer deron wilson shot and killed michael brown. >> a year later a single dove marks the spot where michael brown's body was left for hours. for months, many came to pay respect, building a shrine to michael brown. >> reporter: what did you see when you went outside last year? >> i saw a heavy police presence, and there was a dead body in the middle of the street for five hours. apartments. >> do you remember what you welt when you saw michael brown. me. >> reporter: he says his community is healing, and every day he does his part. he walks a quarter of a mile up trash. >> how would you say ferguson as a whole as changed? >> probably the most peaceful it's ever been. >> reporter: last year he says his friends would not visit community. >> they would be in different parking lots and stuff like that. you pull them over, you see them being toed. what do you feel in inside. it was more so to money as opposed to making the community feel safe. >> reporter: how do you think changes. >> we see a lot less of them. it's like they are there when you don't ne