The toppled statue of slave trader Edward Colston is to go on public display in Bristol. The bronze memorial to the 17th-century merchant was pulled down from its plinth during a Black Lives Matter protest on June 7 last year in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in the United States. It was rolled to the harbourside, where it was thrown in the water at Pero’s Bridge, named in honour of enslaved man Pero Jones who lived and died in the city. Days later the statute was recovered from the water by Bristol City Council and put into storage. It will now go on temporary display at the M Shed museum from June 4 alongside placards used during the protest. Bristol residents are also being asked by the We Are Bristol History Commission about what should happen next to the statue. Mayor Marvin Rees said: “June 7 2020 …