BLM protesters topple statue of Bristol slave trader Edward Colston
Statue that had long been a focal point of local anger rolled down to harbour and into Avon
Black Lives Matters protesters in Bristol have pulled down a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston.
Demonstrators attached a rope to the Grade II-listed statue on Colston Avenue on Sunday before pulling it to the ground as crowds cheered. They then jumped on it and rolled it down the street to the harbour before pushing it into the river Avon.
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