Thousands of people took to the streets of European cities Sunday to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement, with protesters in the English port of Bristol venting their anger at the country’s colonial history by toppling a statue of a 17th-century slave trader.Demonstrators attached ropes to the statue of Edward Colston before pulling it down to cheers and roars of approval from the crowd.Protesters appeared to kneel on the statue’s neck, recalling the death of George Floyd in…
from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3087959/uk-slave-traders-statue-toppled-amid-global-anti
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