Statue of protester that replaced toppled slave trader removed after a day

Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees said he believes that whatever replaces Colston's statue needs to reflect all aspects of the city's history and must be decided by its residents.

"I prefer to say we're not taking down the statue of a Black Lives Matter protester, we are taking down the work of a London-based artist who erected it without permission and without any conversation with the city," ReesThe sculpture "A Surge of Power 2020" was removed and will be placed in storage, the mayor said.The mayor, who is black, said he disliked Colston's statue but disagreed with the way it was torn down.

Quinn's statue"was put up outside that process and therefore has to come down," the mayor said. It will now be placed in storage. Quinn has said that if the artwork is sold the proceeds will be donated to two charities promoting Black history.But Quinn said he did not see it"as a permanent solution to what should be there — it's a spark which we hope will help to bring continued attention to this vital and pressing issue."

FUCK BLM

Why is one “toppled” and the other “removed”? 🤷🏻‍♂️

👌✊💪..

What?

Remove that statue please! This movement and statue represents too much hate, racism and sexism plus communism!

Why? That makes no sense to me.

Good !! Now they need to drop it in the channel

Take down what 🎪 circus

Some good news finally

Can we just tear down all statues. Only if they hit are 1000+ years old they get a pass. It's the 21st century. Why the fuck do we need monuments anyway. It solves the racist problem, traitors that want to worship shit, everything. Tear them all down. Take a pic of you need it

my3monkees

this just sad. leave the statue there. BlackLivesMatter!!

The slave trader represents them better.

Wat a joke

It should be removed. BLM is a racist hate group.

Yea, b/c it perpetuates institutionalized racism, which is essentially caste divisions and is totally immoral. (Even though it's not immoral to Gandhi, who apparently doesn't approve of the so-called 'Western' habit of intermarriage.)

Lmao they lost that war maybe we should give them another one

good. if the idiot mob gets to destroy statues, ppl that disagree with them should too.

PUT UP ONE OF TRUMP

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