Haile Selassie statue destroyed in London park

Andrew Morris./PA Media; Getty ImagesA statue of former Ethiopian leader Haile Selassie has been destroyed in a park in Wimbledon, south-west London.The damage was carried out by a group of around 100 people, according to an eyewitness.

It appears to be linked to unrest in Ethiopia sparked after a popular singer, Hachalu Hundessa, was shot dead earlier this week.Demonstrations following his death saw a statue of 19th-century leader Ras Makonnen, the father of Selassie, Ethiopia's last emperor, torn down in the nation's capital Addis Ababa.

Hachalu's songs focused on the rights of Ethiopia's Oromo ethnic group and he had been a prominent voice in anti-government protests that led to a change in leadership in 2018. Wimbledon resident Andrew Morris told the Press Association he had seen a mostly male group in the park, carrying fliers with Oromo slogans, while out walking his dog.The Metropolitan Police said inquiries were ongoing and no arrests had yet been made after they were called to a report of criminal damage at 17:10 BST on Tuesday.

Oh my goodness! How awful

I am absolutely disgusted.

Big loss for Reggae

David Starkey spreading the race hate that 'Slavery was not genocide, otherwise there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain would there?' ..I'm guessing even this won't stop this appalling racist's views being broadcast by the BBC!?

Read the story. It was done by Ethiopian people not by any other group

JohnBasham How would they like it , if we went to their mothers basement a smashed their game console ?

Got to be someone somewhere playing a giant version of chess. While I feel WTF; an Ethiopian statue in UK? I don't care what statues we have. I was never an Colston influencer; but some though to recognise our past (I think) so thought it was important to show it. I don't care.

So instead of leaving the status as a historic memorial every single one gets smashed now. How about educating people to make sure that things like that never happen again? Smashing a statue doesn't delete the history and I am pretty sure that it won't help making things better

The history denialists will soon begin dismantling the Pyramids, Coliseum and Parthenon due to slavery links. All history pre abolition of slavery will be rewritten. Education not denial Education not removal Education not destruction.

What about his brothers, Slightly Selassie and Notatall Selassie?

Isn't he like God to rastas

boomertastic1

I don’t think this had anything to do with black people lol 😂 I mean we angry but we not that angry .. I will come back and personally apologise if the person they caught and have evidence on is black ..

See they want to destroy everything

Rsapki

Whoever did this wants finding and locking up, you can go round destroying history because you 'don't like it' and you can't go round screaming 'racism' at everything expecting people to take notice. It just shows you up for the idiotic politically correct snowflakes that you are

Statue wars

No doubt the result of the toxic atmosphere the BBC and the mainstream media have been creating with their race baiting and encouraging the demolition of statues creating racial tension in the country,

Anyone out destroying statues deserve a prison sentence

That’s just bloody vandalism by the ignorant

Why do we even bother with statues?.Money should be used elsewhere.

We’ll soon be living in a post statue world.

What about the statue of other kings in Europe? They committed atrocities and murder to millions of other nations for centuries.

did he play cricket?

Good

Rasta

Here we go again, f$cking relentless (what a perfect start to day, NOT!)

WTF is going on UK is f’d up!

Finally got one that matters.

Okay, now we are officially on with FBILosAngeles and LAPDHQ ... You have to know your residents by zip code and lineage to the former Ethiopian leaders like Selassie.... Selassie claimed to be Jesus... Many thought he was.

Wtf please get a grip, i know people who idolise this man, don't get this at all

破坏一切，毁灭一切，这一切都是白人的罪恶，忏悔吧，奉献你的一切忏悔吧

Good. The man was a tyrant. He petitioned Britian for it's Somali colonies (the Haud and Ogadenia) which make up a third of Ethiopian land. To this day the people there live under Habesha occupation and rule. He's as much of an imperialist as the worst of them. somaliweyn

This is the far right retaliating i guess

Suddenly the BBC are concerned that the WRONG statues are being destroyed!!!!! - The BBC is unable to prevent the WOKE activists within their institution from influencing the production and editorial Output. It is time to end the BBCBias and ScrapTheLicenceFee

He was a dictator.

can people please stop smashing things up? If you want to remove a statue, there are peaceful ways to go about it. This is just vandalism.

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