Black Lives Matter sculpture of Jen Reid removed from Colston plinth

The sculpture of protester has been taken to a museum for artist Marc Quinn to collect, says Bristol city councilThe sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester that replaced Edward Colston in Bristol has been removed just 24 hours after it went up.Photographs showed contractors using ropes and a crane to secure the statue of Jen Reid, who had been photographed standing on the plinth with a raised fist on the day the figure of slave trader Colston was removed, at about 5.20am on Thursday morning. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/16/black-lives-matter-sculpture-of-jen-reid-removed-colston--bristol #black_lives_matter_movement #uk_news #bristol