Statue of Black protester is taken down in England after just one day

London’s mayor says statues of imperialist figures could be removed from the city’s streets after a statue of a slave trader was toppled in Bristol.

City authorities fished the Colston statue out of the harbor and say it will be placed in a museum, along with placards from the Black Lives Matter demonstration.Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees said the decision about what replaces it must be made by the people of Bristol. “This is not about taking down a statue of Jen, who is a very impressive woman,” Rees told the BBC. “This is about taking down a statue of a London-based artist who came and put it up without permission.”

On Wednesday, Rees had said that allowing Bristol’s own residents to decide what goes on the plinth would be important for community cohesion. “This will be critical to building a city that is home to those who are elated at the statue being pulled down, those who sympathize with its removal but are dismayed at how it happened and those who feel that in its removal, they’ve lost a piece of the Bristol they know, and therefore themselves,” Rees said.Get all the day's most vital news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning.

Diana Ross? 🤔

But it was a very cool idea! 👍

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Whoever wrote this piece without stating all the facts is obviously a snowflake, can someone please go and give them their last place trophy? There, there it’s gonna be ok pumpkin.

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Wut about history tho? It only matters when it's slave traders or something? 🤔

Ok, so it went up the wrong way. Then just get some papers and put them up in the right way. Still, imagine putting this on your priority list for the day. The take down of it during this time. Terrible.

Hmm..., WHY ? ☹️

Dear , the mayor of Bristol is a black man and says (correctly) that the decision as to what statue should be on the plinth should be the choice of the people of Bristol.

Bummed...she is awesome!

Good common sense at last

Because it represents something they can't tolerate.

Game of statues.

Wtf?! Why?!

Will it also go to a museum?

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They have no use of History!! Only the AGENDA Matters! We The People!! I don't believe in giving power and responeablity to MARXIST!! The Marxist Agenda!! Ignorance Of History!! Trained Marxist!!

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