Statue of Black protester is taken down in England after just one day

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After just one day, statue of Black protester is removed in England

London’s mayor says statues of imperialist figures could be removed from the city’s streets after a statue of a slave trader was toppled in Bristol.

City authorities fished the Colston statue out of the harbor and say it will be placed in a museum, along with placards from the Black Lives Matter demonstration.Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees said the decision about what replaces it must be made by the people of Bristol. “This is not about taking down a statue of Jen, who is a very impressive woman,” Rees told the BBC. “This is about taking down a statue of a London-based artist who came and put it up without permission.”

On Wednesday, Rees had said that allowing Bristol’s own residents to decide what goes on the plinth would be important for community cohesion. “This will be critical to building a city that is home to those who are elated at the statue being pulled down, those who sympathize with its removal but are dismayed at how it happened and those who feel that in its removal, they’ve lost a piece of the Bristol they know, and therefore themselves,” Rees said.Get all the day's most vital news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning.

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