201K views · 4.4K reactions | 'I think it's amazing. It looks like it belongs there, looks like it's been there forever. It's something that fills me with pride.' Sculpture of BLM protester Jen Reid now stands on the plinth where a statue of slave trader Edward Colston used to stand. https://www.itv.com/news/2020-07-15/sculpture-of-black-protester-installed-on-plinth-on-edward-colston-statue | ITV News | Facebook

James Melville is "massively disheartened" by the left after BLM protesters were cleared over toppling the Edward Colston statue. "It's tokenism. It moves away from what BML should be about which is justice and equality for ethnic minorities today." | TalkTVUK

67K views · 148 reactions | The Edward Colston statue is now being preserved by experts - including with the bike tyre he came out of the water with. | BBC Bristol | Facebook

Less than 24 hours after Bristol's Edward Colston statue was pulled down during yesterday's Black Lives Matter protest, council crew begin the clear-up. The placards will be put on display in M Shed, Marvin Rees has confirmed. https://bit.ly/2XFqPyD | ITV News West Country

"Whilst I am disappointed ... I do understand why it’s happened" Supt Andy Bennett on the toppling of the Edward Colston statue... | BBC Bristol

The statue of slave-trading Tory MP Edward Colston has been thrown in Bristol harbour. Lots of Tories are very upset about this vandalism, but don't seem to care a jot that when slaves got sick on Colston's slave ships, they just threw those living people into the Atlantic Ocean to drown, and then claimed their "loss" on insurance. Imagine being more upset about a statue being thrown into water, than scores of living people. | Another Angry Voice