The world was outraged when a black citizen of America died by the knee of a police officer. Although it isn’t anything out of the ordinary for these events to occur, people were touched by the viral video of Geroge Floyd’s Murder. One of the biggest protests of 2020 as not only one country, but many join forces to bring justice in the systems worldwide along with Floyd.
In the united kingdom, Protesters threw The statue of Edward Colston who’s wealth and fame was built on the slave trade system into Bristol h
arbor during a Black Lives Matter protest in June. His ships believed to have transported about 80,000 men, women, and children from Africa to the Americas Between 1672 and 1689. As of now, the statue is replaced with a Black Lives Matter Protester that goes by the name of Jen Reid.
Jen Reid is actually new to protesting but was moved to make a change she took to Bristol, England, on June 7 with other black lives matter Protesters. A prominent British sculptor known for his provocative works, Ms. Reid, got inspired by a picture of Ms. Reid that went viral of her Power stance with her fist clenched, her right arm thrust upward in front of the Coldstone Sculpture. Wednesday morning, Ms. Reid was in the statue’s place in the form of a resin-and-steel sculpture. With a team of 10 , Quinn created the piece without the approval of city authorities. The Statue was removed after 24 hours.
