Protesters topple slave traders statue and dump it in dock

[Anonymous]

Thousands of people attended the demonstration in Bristol, one of many in the UKsparked by the death of George Floyd while he was under arrest in Minneapolis in the United States last month.



A group of protesters surrounded the statue on Colston Avenue, erected in honour of a man whose ships sent about 80,000 men, women and children from Africa to the Americas between 1672 and 1689.



Colston's memory has divided the city for years, with some thinking history can't be changed and others campaigning successfully for his name to be erased from streets, schools and venues.



Image copyrightDAVE BETTSImage captionThe statue in Colston Avenue was erected in 1895



There was clear frustration in Sunday's crowd, partly because the statue still stood in 2020, but also because it had simply been covered for the protest.



The canvas covering, which had already been targeted by egg-throwers, was torn off with some people saying they wanted to look the man in the eyes. Soon ropes had been tied round the bronze monument and the process of removing it began.



Once the covering was removed, three protestors climbed atop the statue to fasten two ropes around the head.



Thirty seconds later Colston was on the floor. Many jumped on the fallen statue, others holding a Black Lives Matter banner climbed the plinth where it had stood.



There was not so much joy when the statue hit the ground as anger, but the crowd had not finished with the monument.



It was dragged the short distance to Bristol Harbour and dumped over the quayside.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Good for them. I guess they forget about who paid for the almhouses they came from.  Oh well, carry on.

[Anonymous]

Thousands of people attended the demonstration in Bristol, one of many in the UKsparked by the death of George Floyd while he was under arrest in Minneapolis in the United States last month.



A group of protesters surrounded the statue on Colston Avenue, erected in honour of a man whose ships sent about 80,000 men, women and children from Africa to the Americas between 1672 and 1689.



Colston's memory has divided the city for years, with some thinking history can't be changed and others campaigning successfully for his name to be erased from streets, schools and venues.



Image copyrightDAVE BETTSImage captionThe statue in Colston Avenue was erected in 1895



There was clear frustration in Sunday's crowd, partly because the statue still stood in 2020, but also because it had simply been covered for the protest.



The canvas covering, which had already been targeted by egg-throwers, was torn off with some people saying they wanted to look the man in the eyes. Soon ropes had been tied round the bronze monument and the process of removing it began.



Once the covering was removed, three protestors climbed atop the statue to fasten two ropes around the head.



Thirty seconds later Colston was on the floor. Many jumped on the fallen statue, others holding a Black Lives Matter banner climbed the plinth where it had stood.



There was not so much joy when the statue hit the ground as anger, but the crowd had not finished with the monument.



It was dragged the short distance to Bristol Harbour and dumped over the quayside.

So in addition to beg reactionary virtue signallers, they are litterbugs as well? Or was it scientifically determined beforehand that the local marine life in the area was deficient in pigeonshit and the papers neglected to mention it?

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Thousands of people attended the demonstration in Bristol, one of many in the UKsparked by the death of George Floyd while he was under arrest in Minneapolis in the United States last month.



A group of protesters surrounded the statue on Colston Avenue, erected in honour of a man whose ships sent about 80,000 men, women and children from Africa to the Americas between 1672 and 1689.



Colston's memory has divided the city for years, with some thinking history can't be changed and others campaigning successfully for his name to be erased from streets, schools and venues.



Image copyrightDAVE BETTSImage captionThe statue in Colston Avenue was erected in 1895



There was clear frustration in Sunday's crowd, partly because the statue still stood in 2020, but also because it had simply been covered for the protest.



The canvas covering, which had already been targeted by egg-throwers, was torn off with some people saying they wanted to look the man in the eyes. Soon ropes had been tied round the bronze monument and the process of removing it began.



Once the covering was removed, three protestors climbed atop the statue to fasten two ropes around the head.



Thirty seconds later Colston was on the floor. Many jumped on the fallen statue, others holding a Black Lives Matter banner climbed the plinth where it had stood.



There was not so much joy when the statue hit the ground as anger, but the crowd had not finished with the monument.



It was dragged the short distance to Bristol Harbour and dumped over the quayside.

Good, we don't want statues of slave traders in bristol

[Anonymous]

The mayor of that city, who is a negro, has said that the statue shouldn't be replaced and that the black lives matter placards placed around the monument should be put in a museum

[Anonymous]

And he's right, for once

[Anonymous]

Makes a change from being left, that's fer sure.

[Anonymous]

Mixing races together doesn't work.  It has never worked, doesn't work now, and will certainly not work any better in the future...



The end game is to eradicate Whites.  If you're White, you are now the enemy.



This is the end game.  Nothing more, and nothing less.



We had a good run, but we've been divided now (divide and conquer), so it it what it is!



The Chinks will take over I think...  The Niggers, Jews, and Injuns better be prepared for that!  Whites handled everyone with open arms.  Our replacements will not!



Like my Grandfather used to say:  You wan't it?  You got it!

[Odinson]

The egyptians are gonna have to remove the pyramids...



They are a symbol of slavery.





Chinese have to remove the great wall of China... Its a symbol of slavery too.

[Blazor]

The egyptians are gonna have to remove the pyramids...



They are a symbol of slavery.





Chinese have to remove the great wall of China... Its a symbol of slavery too.

 



I was thinking the other day, Robert E. Lee didnt own any slaves, was against it, and fought to defend Virginia. And I'll bet $100 that every motherfucker that wants the Lee statue down has a $1 in their pocket, with George Washington on it, who owned over 160 slaves.

[Anonymous]

It seems to me the end goal is to destroy every white statue and replace it with a negro statue...