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Metropolitan Authorities Commissioner Cressida Cock advised protesters to discover another method to make their views heard.
However thousands of protesters massed for a 2nd day outside the US embassy in London prior to moving towards Whitehall.
Other protests have been taking place in Manchester, Wolverhampton, Nottingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh
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On his death in 1721, he bestowed his wealth to charities and his legacy can still be seen on Bristol’s streets, memorials and buildings.
After the statue was toppled, a protester postured with his knee on the figure’s neck – reminiscent of the video revealing George Floyd, the black guy who passed away while being limited by a Minnesota police officer.
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Protesters knelt on the neck of the bronze statue of Colston.
Home Secretary Priti Patel called the tearing down of the statue “utterly disgraceful”, including that “it speaks to the acts of public condition that have become an interruption from the cause individuals are protesting about”.
In a declaration, Avon & Somerset authorities confirmed there would be an investigation into the “act of criminal damage”
Historian Prof David Olusoga informed BBC News that the statue ought to have been taken down long previously.