Hundreds of people have lined up in the English city of Bristol to get the latest work by elusive street artist Banksy — a T-shirt created to help four defendants charged over the toppling of a local statue of a slave trader.
The grey shirt features the word Bristol above the empty plinth on which the statue of 17th-century slave merchant Edward Colston long stood, with a rope hanging from it and debris scattered around.amid global protests sparked by the police killing of a black American man, George Floyd. Hundreds of people lined up in the English city of Bristol on Saturday to get the latest work by street artist Banksy.and are going on trial next week."Available from various outlets in the city from tomorrow.The anonymous artist posted on Instagram pictures of limited edition grey souvenir T-shirts which will go on sale on Saturday in Bristol.The career of Banksy, whose identity has never been confirmed, began spray-painting walls and bridges in Bristol, a port city in south-west England.
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Why stop at the statue, topple all of England, which was build on exploitation, slavery and invasion!! Surely ALL who are beneficiaries are to blame and need removing
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