Black lives matter Bristol: Statue of Slave Trader's Destroyed.

The statue of 17th-century slave trader pulled down in Bristol. The monument to Edward Colston, Which had stood in the city centre for more than a century was toppled and pushed into the river. The latest demonstrations came thirteen days after the killing of George Floyd by US police and despite the government. 

Boris Johnson defended the right to protest peacefully but the weekend's demonstrations had been subverted by thuggery. 300 years after his death Edward Colston's fall from grace, for century he took pride of place in Briston celebrated as a merchant politician and philanthropist now reviled for his part in the slave trade. 

That statue represents yeas of oppression, heart, and just a lot of emotional hatred that been built up inside of people. That people have internalized for years. Cast in bronze now dog Keith graffiti one Briston's most famous sons some protestors knelt on his neck a reference to the death of George Floyd across the Atlantic. 

There has been a growing campaign in recent years to remove Colston's name from buildings across the city but many fields the statue was the wrong way to do. There was a small counter-protest claiming local history had been traced. 

The monument to Edward Colston had stood in the city centre for more than a century. The demonstrations follow the killing of George Floyd by US police in Minnesota, which had led mass protests across the United States.