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Bristol, Jun 9 (EFE/EPA).- Municipalities in England and Wales governed by the main opposition Labor Party will consider removing statues of historical figures involved in slavery and colonialism, the party said Tuesday.The move follows an incident Sunday in the southwestern port city of Bristol, where Black Lives Matter protesters pulled down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston and dumped it into the harbor.The United Kingdom is among the many countries around the world that have seen demonstrations in solidarity with the mass mobilization in the United States sparked by the May 25 death of African American George Floyd at the hands of police. (Camera: ANDY RAIN). SHOT LIST: THE PLINTH OF THE EDWARD COLSTON STATUE IN BRISTOL, UNITED KINGDOM.
Oxford, Jun 9 (EFE/EPA).- Municipalities in England and Wales governed by the main opposition Labor Party will consider removing statues of historical figures involved in slavery and colonialism, the party said Tuesday.The move follows an incident Sunday in the southwestern port city of Bristol, where Black Lives Matter protesters pulled down a statue of slave trader Edward Colston and dumped it into the harbor.The United Kingdom is among the many countries around the world that have seen demonstrations in solidarity with the mass mobilization in the United States sparked by the May 25 death of African American George Floyd at the hands of police. (Camera: WILL OLIVER). SHOT LIST: BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTESTERS GATHER IN FRONT OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S ORIEL COLLEGE IN OXFORD, UNITED KINGDOM, TO DEMAND THE REMOVAL OF A MONUMENT TO COLONIALIST CECIL RHODES.
Bristol (R.Unido), 15 Jul (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Neil Hall) British artist Marc Quinn has installed a sculpture entitled 'A Surge of Power' on the site of the statue of slave trader Edward Colston, which was toppled by the Black Lives Matter movement last month. The sculpture is the silhouette of Jen Reid, a protester who climbed onto the empty pedestal with her fist raised, just after the Colston memorial was demolished. FOOTAGE OF THE STATUE 'A SURGE OF POWER' BY BRITISH ARTIST MARC QUINN
Protesters gather at the Emancipation Memorial in Lincoln park, Washington DC, to condemn the statue which depicts Abraham Lincoln standing over a kneeling freed slave. President Donald Trump earlier threatened stiff prison sentences for "anarchists" who damage national monuments during a wave of nationwide demonstrations. IMAGES
Washington DC, June 22 (EFE / EPA) .-Clashes erupted between protesters and police officers on Monday night in Washington DC after protesters attempted to pull down the Andrew Jackson statue in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House.Jackson's ruthless treatment of Native Americans has made his statue a target of demonstrators protesting the US history of systemic racism. (Camera: EDWIN RAMIREZ).FOOTAGE SHOWS PROTETERS TRYING TO PULL DOWN THE STATUE OF FORMER US PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON (1829-1837) BEFORE BEING DISPERSED BY POLICE IN WASHINGTON DC, US.
Washington, Jun22 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Edwin Ramírez) Federal police pushed back protestors who tried to topple a statue of Andrew Jackson, the divisive seventh United States president.By the time officers arrived on the scene, activists had put ropes and chains around the statue of the former leader on horseback and were attempting to tear the monument down.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.
Richmond, June 20 (EFE/EPA) .- Supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement gathered Saturday around general Robert E. Lee's monument in Richmond to demand that it be removed.Some protesters arrived at the scene carrying firearms.Protests over the death of African-American George Floyd at the hands of a policeman in Minnesota have caused statues to be dismantled by several cities honoring those who advocated slavery, racism, and racial segregation in the United States. (Camera: MICHAEL REYNOLDS)FOOTAGE SHOWS THE PROTEST IN RICHMOND, US.
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