The governors of one of Bristol’s most famous schools have chosen to rename it, dropping any reference to merchant and slave trader Edward Colston. Colston’s School, a private institution that was set up more than 300 years ago, will now be known as Collegiate. According to Bristol City Council’s museum website Colston, a 17th-century merchant…
UK Judge Delays Trial of Eco-Activist Pending High Court Decision on BLM Statue-Toppling Case
A London court has delayed the trial of a prominent climate activist, saying it can’t go ahead until legal questions that arose from the statue-toppling case in Bristol are resolved. Gail Bradbrook, the co-founder of the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion, appeared at Isleworth Crown Court on Tuesday accused of causing £27,500 ($35,746) in damage…
UK’s Bristol Statue Toppling Case to Be Referred to Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal will be asked to clarify the law over “uncertainty” caused by the Edward Colston statue case, Attorney General Suella Braverman said on Wednesday. On Jan. 5, four people involved in the toppling of the statue during a Black Lives Matter protest in June 2020—Milo Ponsford, 25, Jake Skuse, 36, Sage Willoughby, 21,…
UK Attorney General Considers Having Bristol Statue Felling Case Reviewed
The Attorney General for England and Wales said on Friday she is “carefully considering” whether to order a review on the Edward Colston statue case. Four people dubbed the “Colston four” were acquitted of criminal damage by a jury on Wednesday after admitting to pulling down a statue of Colston during a Black Lives Matter protest….
A Mob Pulls Down a Statue and a Jury Threatens the Law
Commentary In the wake of what I am inclined to call the BLMM, the Black Lives Matter Madness, a self-righteous mob in the city of Bristol toppled a statue of Edward Colston and threw it into the waters of the River Avon. That the 125-year-old statue was an aesthetic adornment to the city at a…
Bristol Jury Acquits 4 BLM Protesters Who Toppled Statue of Edward Colston
Four people who pulled down a statue of Edward Colston in Bristol during a Black Lives Matter protest have been acquitted of causing criminal damage on Wednesday. Milo Ponsford, 25, Jake Skuse, 36, Sage Willoughby, 21, and Rhian Graham, 29, were handed a verdict of not guilty by a jury at Bristol Crown Court. A…
4 Face Trial in Bristol Over Toppling Statue During BLM Protest
Four people accused of causing criminal damage to a statue of 17th-century British merchant Edward Colston went on trial on Monday. The bronze statue of Colston—an English merchant, philanthropist, and member of Parliament who was involved in the Atlantic slave trade—was toppled during a Black Lives Matter protest on June 7, 2020, before being dumped in…
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