2020 United Kingdom Statue Protests

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The 2020 United Kingdom Statue Protests refers to a series of controversies and protests which took place in the United Kingdom in 2020 in protest of the Black Lives Matter movement in the United Kingdom and opposition against removing statues and monuments linked to the slave trade.

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In response to the killing of George Floyd, protests started to take place across the United Kingdom as they were already many taking place in the United States.

In response to these protests, there was calls for statues which were linked to the slave trade to be pulled down.

Edward Colston Statue Pulldown

On June 8th, 2020, protesters in Bristol thrown a statue of Edward Colston, a slave trader, into the river in response to the killing of George Floyd and the subsequent protests in the United States.

Winston Churchill Statue Protests

On June 11th, 2020, the Winston Churchill statue at Parliament Square in London, England, was vandalised with Black Lives Matter graffiti. This resulted in the statue being boarded up to prevent it being vandalized.

In response to the vandalism, protests took place at Parliament Square in response to the Winston Churchill statue being boarded up which was due to vandalism.

Robert the Bruce Statue Graffiti

On June 12th, 2020, the Robert the Bruce statue at Bannockburn was vandalized with Black Lives Matter. The vandalism was condemned by politicians and public figures from across Scotland.

Some had raised the fact that Robert the Bruce had no connections to the slave trade and therefore was just a poor attempt at smearing Black Lives Matter protesters.

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