Posted on 07/18/2020 9:21:06 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
British ‘Black Lives Matter’ rioters recently tore down a historic statue of Edward Colston, reportedly a 17th-century slave trader. The statue was in Bristol, England. A statue of a protester was secretly installed overnight to replace the slave trader, Colston.
Apparently, the locality had not approved this statue though, and it only lasted a little longer than a day before being tossed into what appears to be a mobile dumpster by the local authorities.
CNN tweeted about the illicit statue when it was initially raised, with a link to the story. Nothing in the tweet mentioned that it wasn’t approved by the locality though, or that it was likely not going to stay for that reason. They tweeted gleefully:
“A sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester has replaced a slave trader statue in the UK. The work is officially titled “A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020″ and depicts a woman with her fist raised in a Black Power salute.” See tweet:
Activists and social media warriors were livid on Twitter:
The Bristol City Council tweeted a video in June of the statue of Colston being retrieved from the ‘harbour’ where it was chucked by the lawless rioters. The statue is purported to have a future in a museum according to the official post. They tweeted:
“Early this morning we retrieved the statue of Colston from Bristol Harbour. It is being taken to a secure location before later forming part of our museum’s collection.” See video tweet:
It’s unclear if there will be any sort of appeal or plans to re-erect this statue or something similar after a potential approval process, although, in today’s politically correct society, it won’t be a surprise if that happens.
BizPacReview reported on the story in part:
A group of British Black Lives Matter vandals who’d ripped down a statue of a 17th-century parliamentarian and slave trader in Bristol and replaced it with a sculpture of one of their proud members/vandals, Jen Reid, got some bad news Thursday.
“Workers removed the resin-and-steel statue of Ms. Reid at dawn Thursday, 24 hours after it was put up, bringing a swift curtain down on an act of guerrilla art that attracted widespread attention but did not impress city leaders,” The New York Times confirmed.
Nice try, though …
The report emerged hours after Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees, a black man, issued a statement making it clear how he felt about the act of vandalism:
I saw it on BBC News channel surfing a few days ago....a woman with a fist was being praised by the media. Then it gets torn down, too. Oh, well.
good!
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How long does it take to sculpt or cast a statue? What’s it cost?
Seems like they were ready for this.
Bummer. They should make them out of flammable material so it can be more effective next time.
I wonder what it was made of and how much it cost. Who paid for it?
I just wanted to add that this seems very well organized. Didn’t know that a bunch of random “protestors” could do something like that. And so quickly!
The report emerged hours after Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees, a black man, issued a statement making it clear how he felt about the act of vandalism:
Marvin Rees
Jul 15
I understand people want expression, but the statue has been put up without permission.
Anything put on the plinth outside of the process we’ve put in place will have to be removed.
The people of Bristol will decide its future.
The report emerged hours after Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees, a black man, issued a statement making it clear how he felt about the act of vandalism:
Marvin Rees
Jul 15
I understand people want expression, but the statue has been put up without permission.
Anything put on the plinth outside of the process we’ve put in place will have to be removed.
The people of Bristol will decide its future.
Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees
How about a picture of it in the dumpster?
Comment from UK internet:
The Limbless Acrobat
So, the former stood for over a century, the current 24hrs
An indication of the longevity of the BLM movement.
This is great
Thx. Black trash matters.
Plopped it in a skip! LMAO!!!!!
Globalists spreading their cheer and hopes for a new world order
Thanks Marvin! Hard to tell if it’s a man or woman. :)
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