Several men were seen at the harbour attempting to fish the statue out of the water.
Pictures posted to social media appear to show a group of white men attempting to retrieve the statue of Edward Colston that was pulled down during aThe photos have been shared across Twitter and Reddit, showing a group of men sitting at Bristol harbour, where the bronze memorial was destroyed on Sunday.
Colston, a prominent British slave trader, has long been a source of controversy in the city where the statue has been situated since 1895. The statue was one of a number of landmarks in the city to bear his name, although music venue Colston Hall will be renamed this year as part of a major refurbishment. It was pulled down with ropes, dragged through the streets and thrown into Bristol’s harbour during a protest on Sunday.
Police have launched a criminal damage investigation into what happened to the statue with Home Secretary Priti Patel describing the vandalism as ‘utterly disgraceful’ while crime, policing and justice minister Kit Malthouse called for those responsible to be prosecuted. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer today said the statue should have been taken down ‘a long, long time ago’ telling LBC, it was ‘completely wrong’ for it to be pulled down in the way it war but that ‘you can’t, in 21st century Britain, have a slaver on a statue.’
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