The statue of Edward Colston, a famed Bristol merchant and philanthropist who was involved in the slave trade trade, was pulled down and thrown into the city s. 07.01.2022, Sputnik International
A British court cleared four people Wednesday of criminal damage for pulling down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol in 2020.
Protesters have been given the go-ahead to deface controversial monuments after a jury cleared four activists who toppled a statue of slave trader Edward Colston, MPs warned last night.