Anti-racism protesters tear down slave trader statue in Bristol
Protesters in Bristol pull down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick urged protesters to find another way to make their views heard.Protesters in Bristol used ropes to pull down the bronze statue ofProtesters knelt on the neck of the bronze statue of Colston After the statue fell to the ground, a protester posed with his knee on the statue's neck - reminiscent of the video showing George Floyd, the black man who died while being restrained by a Minnesota police officer.
As well as Sunday's mass protest outside the US Embassy in Nine Elms, near Vauxhall, south London, other protests are also taking place in Manchester, NottinghamSome 10,000 are believed to be protesting in Bristol. Many bore placards bearing George Floyd's name alongside slogans such as Black Lives Matter and 'I Can't Breathe'.
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