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Anti-Racism Protesters Topple Statue of English Slave Trader in Bristol, U.K.
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June 8, 2020
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0:48Now PlayingBlack Lives Matter protesters pulled down and pushed a statue of a 17th century slave trader into the Bristol Harbour on Sunday.
Demonstrators attached ropes to the statue of Edward Colston and pulled it down with sounds of cheer from the crowd. The statue was then carried and dropped into the harbour.
It wasn't the only targeted statue in Europe, protesters in Brussels targeted the statue of former King Leopold II and protesters in London defaced the statue of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Thousands marched across Europe in solidarity of the Black Lives Matter movement after the death of George Floyd, a black man, who died after a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck for eight minutes.
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