Massive Attack say Edward Colston statue in Bristol “should never have been a public monument”
nme.comMassive Attack have welcomed the removal of a statue of Edward Colston by anti-racism protesters in Bristol, saying that it “should never have been a public monument”.Demonstrators who were marching in Bristol on Sunday (June 7) as part of the ongoing protests worldwide following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis made global headlines after a group of protesters pulled down the statue of Colston, a 17th century slave trader, and threw it into the harbour.Massive Attack, who hail from Bristol, tweeted their support for the protesters’ actions on Sunday, writing: “Finally.
The Colston statue should never have been a public monument. Its history could have been understood in a museum.”Finally. The Colston statue should never have been a.
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