British city of bristol protestantism down the statue of a slave trader into the river the belgian king leopold the 2nd was smeared with paint authorities are boarding up monuments are moving them to other places. Many who joined the demonstrations want to build them to finally take responsibility for whats happened and its qualities like the democratic republic of congo belgian rulers where sponsible for the brutal killings of millions of people and thats his family is her mother lived through the harsh rule and thats why and is taking to the streets to call her i remove all of art and statues that glorify colonial times. Finally im betsy feels a little less than the. 4 years beyond historian has tried to challenge the way belgium deals with its colonial past now shes among thousands calling for the removal of all. All monuments of the countrys longest serving monarch the man who had it up a brutal colonial regime in what is now the democratic republic of Congo King Leopold the 2nd. W