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— christophe fournier (@4h6r4kpf) June 8, 2020
bristol in three acts pic.twitter.com/DIYh5usmmB
— Josh Begley (@joshbegley) June 7, 2020
Protestors take down statue of 17th century slave trader in Bristol, CT 💯 pic.twitter.com/byy5qYCDGJ
— Kollege Kidd (@KollegeKidd) June 8, 2020
AAAAND the celebration of reclaiming the podium after pulling down slave trader Edward Colston in #Bristol #bristoltaketheknee #BlackLivesMatterUK pic.twitter.com/V07yPevyLB
— Sam (@SamuelLiddell) June 7, 2020
Home Secretary Priti Patel says the toppling of a statue of slaver Edward Colston in Bristol is "utterly disgraceful" and 'undermines' anti-racism protests.
— SkyNews (@SkyNews) June 7, 2020
Follow live updates: https://t.co/mA24orfJu0 pic.twitter.com/3P9oft9uZH
People who say - authorities should take statues down after discussion. Yes. But it isn't happening. Bristol'sbeen debating #EdwardColston for years and wasn't getting anywhere. In 2018, it was agreed that statue would bear a plaque noting his involvement in the slave trade. BUT
— Prof Kate Williams (@KateWilliamsme) June 7, 2020
From 2017. Here's the plaque with which #Bristol remembers the "countless African men, women and children whose enslavement and exploitatuon brought so much prosperity to Bristol".
— Baron von Agitpop (@agitpopblog) June 7, 2020
And no, this is not a joke. pic.twitter.com/kqq6E44zMj
Naw, man, as the singular (1) heir of this family, I declare it’s cool. https://t.co/bcBrff74WN
— Alex Colston (@re_colston) June 7, 2020
At least after today the racist statue being fucked off into the river will be my London friends’ cultural reference point for Bristol rather than, like, an episode of Skins from 2006
— shon faye. (@shonfaye) June 7, 2020
Protestors in Bristol, England have torn down a statue of a slave trader and thrown it in the harbor.
— Abe Brown (@abebrown716) June 7, 2020
Google Maps has already updated the statue’s geolocation. https://t.co/4UnK3u2p9c pic.twitter.com/yGu5D9eSc2