ZION.....2021 olympics may be in tokyo maybe it makes sense after covid wiping out majority in world think china wanna prepare for it .. ther may be an attack to come n it aint covid illuminati cards predict sum ppl fort in 2012 but hummm sumfin dont add up to me maybe china r gonna get targeted next yr seen as wayko tower was in background with olymipics colours on the cards for 2021 maybe not 2012 as ppl fort it was gonna be BIG BEN it maybe possible wen we had the olympics maybe and bloomin illuminati pyramids all over stadium stamped across it but it dint happen wondering if this is the start of a massive war to come and toyko on the cards next yr perhaps as steve jackson perdicted who knows but if it does happen ther will be hell then ... n it will break loose ... WW3 as sum ppl on about trade war and cold war now with china n U.S
@pagan warrior ohh nice to see another pagan my dear xx Ww3 may be due to alot of things check out illuminati cards for wen we thought we had 2012 big ben attack turns put its wayko tower on cards maybe ZION for 2021 i think due to whats happen with covid frm china n already War in trades atmo and cold war talks with U.S lately india aint happy neither
Pyramid wasn't built by slaves. They were citizens who were paid with barley. They were also buried near the pyramids. The workers not only included hard labourers but also architects and mathematicians. It was essentially several massive projects that created a lot of jobs for the Ancient Egyptians
@@terryderry_ aye nae hassle mate. Stalin had folk in full employment to. Oh and in Dubai those workers are not slaves at all right now. Ghengis Khan never had slaves either, obviously under your logic Hitler was cool too. Nae dramas ya total Rammer
I'm pretty sure his wikipedia page is still on. No one finds out about history in statues, they read things. This statue was there to celebrate this person. That was a mistake and the protesters corrected that mistake.
In Bristol museum and art gallery there's some assyrian reliefs. Next to them there is a display explaining how in Iraq ISIS destroyed historical monuments for not being in line with their beliefs.
@@RockDove5212 He was not commemorated in his capacity as a slave trader, but as a Bristolian who contributed to schools and institutions. Hence, the comparison to Hitler breaks down.
@@nomisunrider6472 We're talking about the requirements of "your" beliefs. Meaning, the attending ideas, like people who owned slaves cannot have statues no matter how good they were in other respects. That absolutely is a belief.
But that guy used his money for good... I hate slave trading and all, but it seems like they've really singled out Edward from all the other slave traders. He spent 5.9 million on charities and schools... I mean, come on. A lot of things were built by slaves, should we tear down the pyramids next? Don't hate on me for expressing an opinion.
Yeah, that is the issue I have. Even slaves helped to built the great wall of China. Should they blow it up? I don't have a good feeling about removing something that happened hundreds of years ago saying it directly relates to today's wealth difference. Maybe they are going to blow up Mount Rushmore next in the US.
No one is destroying history, his wikipedia page is still up. We're just not wasting tax paying money to prop up statues for mass murdering slave traders.
@Indigenous Supporter The peaceful African LMAO, brainwash victim alert. Yeah look at South Africa.. very peaceful indeed with all that racism coming from the blacks. Biggest racists on the planet.
This sort of idiotic behaviour will have exactly the opposite effect of what they want. They've subscribed to a warped and inherently divisive ideology.
They’ve got my support; and thousands of others. Plus the council were taking it down anyway - they were waiting to do so as part of redevelopment because it saved them money that way. They shouldn’t have taken so long.
@Ed actually that's bullshit. The British government had no rules, our pm was still shaking hands, until 300 people had died. In China there was a lockdown after just 30.
Imagine if they went and put up a statue of Adolf Hitler. Yeah, certainly not looking so bad with the previous one now does it. Now that would be absolutely hilarious.😂🤣🤣
@Hey McFly All of that regards George Floyd is completely irrelevant. Nobody should be killed by police for suspicion of using fake money. An independent autopsy found that he died from asphyxiation from sustained pressure. Use your mind and stop making excuses for police brutality!
I like how Priti Patel identified herself as a racist so that she may never be voted into office again. Citizens own the cities, not the other way around. Governments, especially the UK and US, seem to have forgotten this. What could exemplify this any more than a government employee condemning the removal of a slave-trader statue by the citizens themselves?
losers...the British Empire ended slavery globally...not the first nation to have slaves, but the first to end it globally. This statue was raised 100 years after Britain ended global slavery...it was raised because of all the great buildings and things this man did for Bristol, not as a celebration of slavery.
next they'll be attacking anything they can link or relate to slavery, that statute was a part of history, willful destruction of historical monuments is not the right way to go about things.
There were actually protests against the slave camps in China. This specific issue is about how the uk tends to glorify its position within the transatlantic slave trade which still affects black people today.
Don't be daft..... This is trying to forget an evil past not tearing one's culture. Is slave trade and racial injustice a culture to write home about? *smh*...
@@TheAgiosFiles Ironic how black people had encouraged the slave trade during it's golden ages. We will tear down Nelson Mandela's statue next if Churchill's statue is teared down as he was a communist terrorist supporting a banned African political movement. the blm have just become a fascist group at this point.
@@clipzone6390 not celebrated. Fools think all statues are celebrating the person. Some commemorate. Some educate. Cancel culture is stupidity in the extremity.
@@gregorysmith7308 i agree cancel culture is bad but ONLY when we dont know the facts and start cancelling people i.e. James Charles for being accused of being a sexual predator when I think it's clear he wasn't/isn't. this man was evil and we have proof of the unspeakable things he has done, so in no way does he deserve the honour of a statue.
@Platon K Acknowledging the disgusting things people did and believed in isn't rewriting history. Churchill is a hero for what he did but he also did some disgusting things that, had he acted differently, prevented the death of millions. I don't want to destroy what people have worked for but if we are going to paint people throughout history as being heroes then we need to know the bad they did too.
I mean he was a slave trader though... and he didn’t deserve a statue. I’m against all these protests but I gotta admit a slave trader shouldn’t have his own statue.
It's a left wing agenda, so the police being controlled by a left wing government will do nothing. Only way to stop stuff like this from happening is to start voting right wing.
So emotional watching this I'm not black but I felt that!! why should they have to walk past that filth every day and in this day and age when they are still prosecuted every day for just having a differnt shade of skin colour !! the most beautiful and diverse of all colours it makes me sick to think they suffer systematic racism every day wee are 1 this isnt black against white this is united wee are united it's right against wrong and wee unite together wee see if for what it really is !! Stay safe protesters
Where is the law here? Anyone can do anything? Where is democracy? BTW I don't like the statue and I think it was bad to have it in the first place. But my question is still valid. This is not the way. This is anarchy.
So according to this all bad things in history should be forgotten. My mom was in a Japanese war camp. So should all Toyota’s be banned. This is sick and crazy. History repeats for those who forget it. Idiots.
People getting angry because a statue of a slave owner was torn down, a man who made a killing from selling people as property. The alt right really are a special kind of people
I don't think that's why they are angry. They are angry because they've got their filters and applied them to their Instagram stories and this worthless lot won't do another bit of good ever again. Pitiful lot.
Another group of people from history also removed things they didn't like. My grandfather fought against them only to have the very ideology come to the UK. Today I am ashamed to come from Bristol. "lest we forget"
No doubt that some mighty guys stand behind these looters in order to destroy european history. Soros, Biden etc ??? The looters and vandals must be stopped and prosecuted according to law.
Nathaniel Tillman.... How about putting up a statue of “Sir Jimmy Saville “ right outside of Great Ormand Street hospital where he did such Stirling unselfish work for charity!!! the man was a national treasure!!! All those that he abused should just “shut up” and learn some respect!!!.....
Respect to the white people who support the movement. They have the most honour and dignity in this whole episode. And shame and dishonor to the black people who hate the protest. Yes shame on them and their white counterparts.
@@HG69405 Yeah! and Jimmy Savile really ran all those marathons, and raised those millions for scanners and machinery for hospitals, he also had a dark side! We know all about that! - Seriously Bristol corporation should have been expecting this! - It was going to happen. Should have moved it inside to a dark corner of the museum, as if to say At one time he was honoured, and venerated. We don't want to hide our past. But just not so openly in public, it is there for people to study history. The people have spoken, he is now in Bristol Harbour. No excuse for civic vandalism, defacing Churchill statue IS wrong, he is the greatest wartime leader we have ever had, and to my knowledge had nowt to do with the slave trade!
My uncle died in the second World War.... He would have been all for the right too peaceful protest.. That's what he was fighting for.. But not violence and destruction. He lost his life for this.... Criminal
Where were the police when this act of criminal damage was going on.Just watching I presume because under orders to not intervene.Utter disgrace of our law enforcement
@@hornyev I know right. Like I get the idea of being against racism and I support that but they shouldn't be protesting in this aggressive way It's like all these protests are like a repeat of the Malcolm X protests
@@robinpopps189 just like black people bieng killed in police custody in london and america personally if that was a member of my family they killed him like that id kill two policemen and go to jail eye for an eye enogh is enough
A few people make the decision for everyone, their faces can be seen, i hope it bankrupts them when they have to pay for the repair. law and order as broken down the police are a waste of time, folks we're on our own.
yamyam 029 Well that aint ever gonna happen cause I've already been born in North Wales, so I can't be born in Bristol now can I? I can, however, still ask the question "why was a scummy slaver given a statue?"
I can't tell if this type of protesting and forceful removal of statues is actually supporting the cause or just a shield for anarchy and anti-social behaviour. I support the movement but not how it's being done.
Police are gutless. Hampered by years of Political correctness. They need to get the batons out and get on top of these thugs. Can't believe they stood back and watched this happen. Pathetic.
YES, SLAVERY AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXISTED. I DON'T AGREE THAT THESE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS SHOULD BE REMOVED AND VANDALIZED. WE NEED A STRICT LAW TO PURSUE KINDNESS, respect, tolerance and economic wealth.
It's not a statue to represent good, but it was to represent a time gone by, the same way as concentration camps. It was a example of what we shouldn't repeat again
@HooverDude 60 What kind of argument is that for anything. WTF? Seriously. Be honest. I am lost on the agreesion. Why the attack on the subject. What is so threatening. The statue lords up a wrong doer to put it politely. Bad deeds are not discounted by other bad deeds because they are in say your percieved opinion, it seems worse because more numourous.
Well, the people tried to have the statue removed the "correct" way for years, & it didn't happen so they took matters into their own hands. This is what empowerment looks like. The police need to look the other way at this one, like they are used to doing when their fellow officers break the law.
The statue should not have been there as it's a symbol of oppression and racism. I agree that it should have been removed as it stands as an insult to black people. However, I am conflicted as to whether it should have been torn down as an act of vandalism. On the one hand, I completely understand but on the other, I don't think vandalism and aggression are doing any favours for the cause.
The people elected could have altered the Public space , had decades to do so and failed, no one injured , let this be a lesson unlearned by the elites.
That was criminal damage plain and simple....the statue should be put back up and the cost should be taken from the Bristol city council budget..... the man was a lot more than just a slave trader (BACK IN THE 1700 HUNDREDS I MIGHT ADD)
everett Thomas the statue isn’t even in the river anymore genius 🤪 so I will go and look at it when it’s been rightfully restored and put back up in the local museum 😊
@@bens1453 thats ur porogative. Not my problem at least i dont have to look at it any more more to the point like i said talk is talk the council dilly dallied while protestor done the job for them no charge
Here me out; black lives matter. But the statue highlights history, it tells the story of the past, it stops us from forgetting what has happened. It reminds us not to repeat mistakes.
I am not justifying the actions of these people but understand their anger but my question is: what a earth was doing a statue of slave trader, why slave trader had a commemorative monument 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️Anyway.
the British Empire ended slavery globally...not the first nation to have slaves, but the first to end it globally. This statue was raised 100 years after Britain ended global slavery...it was raised because of all the great buildings and things this man did for Bristol, not as a celebration of slavery.
Here is a better solution a Statue saying we sorry for this action taken by our country and in memorial to remember how past failure we will like to place a symbol to remind us all we are all 1 under the sun and should work together for a better future and not allow our past to repeat itself. something along that line would have shown to the world the intent of creating a better future, but no we have a statue gratifying a salve trade what because we built hospital from the slave fortune he has amassed over is lifetime.
"condemned", so stupid, it belongs to the people, and if they want it in the harbor to offend the fish there instead of fellow man on the surface, then cool, let the fish deal with it
danam0228 “the people” A small minority of foolish, self-righteous dickheads destroyed a piece of history. Now the vast, vast majority (who had no part in this act of vandalism) have been robbed of part of their cultural history. So much for “belonging to the people”
These protesters have completely disregarded the feelings of the majority of the people who don’t want the statue to be removed. And when these people actually did take it down they end up throwing it in the river! Like that is the example a modern society is supposed to be taking when we are all meant to be more environmentally conscious about dumping. I hope they are able to fish it out of the river, and just as a punishment to these idiotic rioters, actually put it back up again, IN BULLET-PROOF GLASS.
Whether or not the statue should have gone, I'd be weary of letting those with little to no life experience make permanent decisions that affect us all.
I'm italian and i live in Bristol, so i'm a foreigner, that means i could easily be targeted with racist harassments, or perhaps here in Bristol they hate racism in general and not just the racism towards black people?
Why don't they condemn the African chiefs that sold them & the Arabs that purchased them they should be condemning every race and country that was involved in slavery not just taking it out on the European who also purchased them.
thats is so sad. a statue is made for someone who did honorable good for the community. dunno why this British hating media have to paint a story like that this statue was known criminal for 120 years and now finally punished. seriously, where's the sense of outrage?
Very true, same people condemning their neighbours for not clapping for the NHS. Meanwhile they spread the disease on mass. Did they not read that black people are twice as likely to die from corona as whites?
No it's being an uncouth, ignorant, impulsive, entitled savage. That might apply to the 'new' British on our streets - but it does not apply to actual traditional Brits.
I fear this behaviour towards our police and our country will demonize them in the eyes of people who are not prejudice and only perpetuate the opinions of those who already are, this is doing more harm than good to their cause.
What should we do with statues of Gaius Julius Caesar? He also owned slaves. And what about Colosseum - gladiators were slaves and died for entertain purposes. Should Italians demolish it? I dont think its ok to judge people outside the cultural context. Slavery was OK for many civilizations during eons and eons of time, but exactly the white race was first who proclaimed slavery as a sin. If u want fight modern slavery - biggest human trafficking happens in Africa and some parts of Asia.
Why did the police not intervene? That statue could have been removed properly without the violence that is starting to worry a lot of people. The way things are going is the wrong direction.
@@limecat1986 People of Bristol were petitioning for years to remove the statue. It belongs to the people of the city after all. Bristol Council is one of the laziest councils in the UK and failed to act for years. People just took matters in their own hands. They didn't destroy private property they destroyed something that belongs to them
99% of these people probably had no idea who that guy was until someone pointed out his bad actions on Facebook or Twitter
Us bristolians have hated Colston for years, I'm glad his statue is gone
Man 2020 is just hell, it's what 2012 wanted to be
I generally am starting to think they were meant to write down 2021
It’s technically 2012 this year. The Gregorian calendar lost about 8 years since its establishment
@@themagicbeard9432 Search up Agenda 21; 2021 is when things truly go nuts.
ZION.....2021 olympics may be in tokyo maybe it makes sense after covid wiping out majority in world think china wanna prepare for it .. ther may be an attack to come n it aint covid illuminati cards predict sum ppl fort in 2012 but hummm sumfin dont add up to me maybe china r gonna get targeted next yr seen as wayko tower was in background with olymipics colours on the cards for 2021 maybe not 2012 as ppl fort it was gonna be BIG BEN it maybe possible wen we had the olympics maybe and bloomin illuminati pyramids all over stadium stamped across it but it dint happen wondering if this is the start of a massive war to come and toyko on the cards next yr perhaps as steve jackson perdicted who knows but if it does happen ther will be hell then ... n it will break loose ... WW3 as sum ppl on about trade war and cold war now with china n U.S
@pagan warrior ohh nice to see another pagan my dear xx Ww3 may be due to alot of things check out illuminati cards for wen we thought we had 2012 big ben attack turns put its wayko tower on cards maybe ZION for 2021 i think due to whats happen with covid frm china n already War in trades atmo and cold war talks with U.S lately india aint happy neither
Remember what happened to Iraq when they toppled Saddams statue in the same manner.
Cancel culture is a hiding to nothing
Yeah, this is really gonna cause us to be invaded by a foreign army causing years of instability 🙄
Don’t worry 😉 Churchill’s statue next
@@UddinNo1 hopefully it'll be Karl Marx statue, fingers crossed
@@UddinNo1 Why?
Are we Removing the Pyramids Next?
Lol
Pyramid wasn't built by slaves. They were citizens who were paid with barley. They were also buried near the pyramids. The workers not only included hard labourers but also architects and mathematicians. It was essentially several massive projects that created a lot of jobs for the Ancient Egyptians
@@terryderry_ aye nae hassle mate. Stalin had folk in full employment to. Oh and in Dubai those workers are not slaves at all right now. Ghengis Khan never had slaves either, obviously under your logic Hitler was cool too. Nae dramas ya total Rammer
@@charliecartlidge6156 what's so funny?
The British build the pyramids 😂😂
I can absolutely guarantee that all people slightly to the right will be further to the right now than they were 3 Weeks ago.
Yup. My friends have given up on liberalism centrists. What a difference a day makes. Jesus not good.
@i.e.d I totally agree. Karma is a funny thing.
The left has become too extreme.
Amen👊
The older I get the more I dislike multiculturalism. BLM and EDL is the same thing and they are all thugs
A statue of a slave trader shouldn't be in the streets of a multi-cultural country.
I'm pretty sure his wikipedia page is still on. No one finds out about history in statues, they read things. This statue was there to celebrate this person. That was a mistake and the protesters corrected that mistake.
@Alligator it is literally a slave owner 😳
In Bristol museum and art gallery there's some assyrian reliefs. Next to them there is a display explaining how in Iraq ISIS destroyed historical monuments for not being in line with their beliefs.
ISIS turned out to be proxy, don't u know
@@clipzone6390 Same people behind this.
@@RockDove5212 He was not commemorated in his capacity as a slave trader, but as a Bristolian who contributed to schools and institutions. Hence, the comparison to Hitler breaks down.
So slavery being bad is a "belief" now, huh?
@@nomisunrider6472 We're talking about the requirements of "your" beliefs. Meaning, the attending ideas, like people who owned slaves cannot have statues no matter how good they were in other respects. That absolutely is a belief.
But that guy used his money for good... I hate slave trading and all, but it seems like they've really singled out Edward from all the other slave traders. He spent 5.9 million on charities and schools... I mean, come on. A lot of things were built by slaves, should we tear down the pyramids next? Don't hate on me for expressing an opinion.
Yeah, that is the issue I have. Even slaves helped to built the great wall of China. Should they blow it up? I don't have a good feeling about removing something that happened hundreds of years ago saying it directly relates to today's wealth difference. Maybe they are going to blow up Mount Rushmore next in the US.
It'll turn up on antiques roadshow in 50 yrs after someone fishes the statue out of the canal .👱🏻♀️
Yeah when slave trading is back in fashion.
@ haha
WW3 INCOMING.. GET YOUR WEAPONS READY
Thats funny stuff 😂😂
🤣🤣🤣 David Dickinson gonna go down and fish it out hahaha
Those who don’t learn from History are doomed to repeat it.
i. yes. what. how is that even relevant?
Well said
@@pepsiatlas5452 his trying to say that if we don't have statues to idolize slave owners we are doomed to becomes slave owners.
No one is destroying history, his wikipedia page is still up. We're just not wasting tax paying money to prop up statues for mass murdering slave traders.
For those liberals history is a c0nd0m which they try to put on their marxism ideology.
And who were the people who sold the slaves in the first place? Fellow Africans...
What about argument yawn.
@Indigenous Supporter The peaceful African LMAO, brainwash victim alert. Yeah look at South Africa.. very peaceful indeed with all that racism coming from the blacks. Biggest racists on the planet.
How is this being tolerated??? After that any public support they had for their cause just disappeared! Very smart.
This is what happens when the left wing is allowed to remain in power.
This sort of idiotic behaviour will have exactly the opposite effect of what they want. They've subscribed to a warped and inherently divisive ideology.
They’ve got my support; and thousands of others. Plus the council were taking it down anyway - they were waiting to do so as part of redevelopment because it saved them money that way. They shouldn’t have taken so long.
"Being tolerated" looool these agents are heeeelarious
Whether it was going to be removed or not. Any political credibility these protests had sank with it.
We should remove all rapper music that promotes violence as well.
Arnold Dalby looool
I agree we should, we should also remove all metal music that promote demonic gratification.
Lol might as well add Sharia law too?
I think I’ve found where all the over 55s chill on YT lol
Yeah... let’s start with Eminem and Bustin Bieber 😆
I think there is an element of post-lockdown cabin fever in all of this.
Black statue Matter！✊🏿
Yes - it would probably help if the government hadn't just killed 50 000 people.
@Ed actually that's bullshit. The British government had no rules, our pm was still shaking hands, until 300 people had died.
In China there was a lockdown after just 30.
Imagine if they went and put up a statue of Adolf Hitler. Yeah, certainly not looking so bad with the previous one now does it. Now that would be absolutely hilarious.😂🤣🤣
@@danielwhyatt3278 I think we all know deep down that if Adolf Hitler visited the UK today, Boris would be the first to send a Limousine.
Is the Coronavirus Covid-19 still a thing?!?! 🤔🤨🧐
These people are forgetting that it’s gonna spread like wildfire now
yes yes it is. these lads needs some more masks
HMQ they definitely were not ALL wearing masks lol
No
yes but protestors are retards
What shall we say to the woman that George Floyd held at gunpoint while his mates ransacked and robbed her house?
So cops were justified killing him Steve? Use your brain man
Oh ok so the cops can essentially go and kill whoever they like... yawn
@@richie2082 missed the point by thaaaaaat much.
yes because u should murder someone instead of bringing them to jail? 2 wrongs don't make a right fool
@Hey McFly All of that regards George Floyd is completely irrelevant. Nobody should be killed by police for suspicion of using fake money. An independent autopsy found that he died from asphyxiation from sustained pressure. Use your mind and stop making excuses for police brutality!
I like how Priti Patel identified herself as a racist so that she may never be voted into office again.
Citizens own the cities, not the other way around. Governments, especially the UK and US, seem to have forgotten this.
What could exemplify this any more than a government employee condemning the removal of a slave-trader statue by the citizens themselves?
losers...the British Empire ended slavery globally...not the first nation to have slaves, but the first to end it globally. This statue was raised 100 years after Britain ended global slavery...it was raised because of all the great buildings and things this man did for Bristol, not as a celebration of slavery.
This is 2020 and statues like these belong in a museum now, not in the public space.
next they'll be attacking anything they can link or relate to slavery, that statute was a part of history, willful destruction of historical monuments is not the right way to go about things.
the entire world was enslaved throughout human history, are they planning to protest in india, arab nations, or china?
There were actually protests against the slave camps in China. This specific issue is about how the uk tends to glorify its position within the transatlantic slave trade which still affects black people today.
@@sabi2557 How is it affecting blacks today? Please do explain?
Why not...apologist?
Previlage speaking
@@frankkityaba4690 Bullshit!
Doesn't solve racism but removes a 'solid' symbol of it.
Nope.
Removes an opportunity to educate and say "never again".
Cancel culture is cancelling history.
Not going to lie but this comment section is fire
"More than 18 million people, or 1.4% of India's population, live in slavery"
mine keep getting deleted for typing this.
"multicultural and diverse" means tearing down another cultures statue, riighhht.
Racism and slavery is at the core of your culture? Thanks for clarifying.
Just like ISIS and Taliban....destroying history !!
Yes it does but just the racist slave trading part
Don't be daft..... This is trying to forget an evil past not tearing one's culture.
Is slave trade and racial injustice a culture to write home about?
*smh*...
@@TheAgiosFiles Ironic how black people had encouraged the slave trade during it's golden ages. We will tear down Nelson Mandela's statue next if Churchill's statue is teared down as he was a communist terrorist supporting a banned African political movement. the blm have just become a fascist group at this point.
400 years ago do they not know the history of the town they live in
Slave traders would have come from across the country I guess, but they shouldn't be celebrated in the first place, no statues or monuments for them
@MM79 well go and put it back up then champ!
@@clipzone6390 not celebrated. Fools think all statues are celebrating the person.
Some commemorate.
Some educate.
Cancel culture is stupidity in the extremity.
@@gregorysmith7308 i agree cancel culture is bad but ONLY when we dont know the facts and start cancelling people i.e. James Charles for being accused of being a sexual predator when I think it's clear he wasn't/isn't. this man was evil and we have proof of the unspeakable things he has done, so in no way does he deserve the honour of a statue.
@Platon K Acknowledging the disgusting things people did and believed in isn't rewriting history. Churchill is a hero for what he did but he also did some disgusting things that, had he acted differently, prevented the death of millions. I don't want to destroy what people have worked for but if we are going to paint people throughout history as being heroes then we need to know the bad they did too.
I mean he was a slave trader though... and he didn’t deserve a statue. I’m against all these protests but I gotta admit a slave trader shouldn’t have his own statue.
Police must take action against these criminals.
It's a left wing agenda, so the police being controlled by a left wing government will do nothing. Only way to stop stuff like this from happening is to start voting right wing.
“herd immunity”
Against racism
Well I do see alot of sheep
herd stupidity
If he was a slave trader, tear it down!
Calum Laird I see all sheep 🐑
It was a monument of negativity........it's now a quiet space of positivity
Damn right
I should imagine that this business is going to get bigger, much bigger.
I don’t know which way it will end though.
Martial Law
House of straw
I feel sore
Jimmy Dore
😂😂😂😂
The media and crooked politicians whipped this up. We have to get rid of the lot of them with the ballot.
What by voting for some other crooks lool
So emotional watching this I'm not black but I felt that!! why should they have to walk past that filth every day and in this day and age when they are still prosecuted every day for just having a differnt shade of skin colour !! the most beautiful and diverse of all colours it makes me sick to think they suffer systematic racism every day wee are 1 this isnt black against white this is united wee are united it's right against wrong and wee unite together wee see if for what it really is !! Stay safe protesters
This country has given these people EVERYTHING! Half a billion Africans would gladly trade places with them.
Where is the law here? Anyone can do anything? Where is democracy? BTW I don't like the statue and I think it was bad to have it in the first place. But my question is still valid. This is not the way. This is anarchy.
Toppling symbols of bigotry and authoritarianism is very democratic i think.
This is stupid how do they ever expect to learn from past mistakes the guy who was killed wasn't even a nice person
Yeah! But he didn't deserve to be murdered
@@Godisgood716 So thousands deserve to potentially be murdered, thanks to these clowns not following the guidelines set out to save lives?
Nice means white, don't hold back now.
@@gazb2740 that's not what I meant! And in fact I am 110% against these revolts
@@Godisgood716 True but what I learned was he assualted a pregnant lady with a gun so though it was wrong to be killed what he did was wrong too
*People are saying the statue “tripped and fell over” into the water...*
😂😂😂
The statue died of covid 19
@@bigradford3171 kinda
That statue was “disgraceful”.
It was a different time. Slavery is still going on in Africa, etc (not publisized) Looters & vandalism -also disgraceful.
Interesting How the Jewish Nation had slaves in the Old Testament Exodus 21
So according to this all bad things in history should be forgotten. My mom was in a Japanese war camp. So should all Toyota’s be banned. This is sick and crazy. History repeats for those who forget it. Idiots.
People getting angry because a statue of a slave owner was torn down, a man who made a killing from selling people as property. The alt right really are a special kind of people
I don't think that's why they are angry. They are angry because they've got their filters and applied them to their Instagram stories and this worthless lot won't do another bit of good ever again. Pitiful lot.
How is this allowed to happen? Do we even have a police force in the UK?
Rioters, Thugs, Looters......your protest has lost any credibility
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@@TheRustyrambo What???
And dont ask me to spell check u aint worth it read it like that or jog on. Or block me
@@AA-ek5kz haha idiot your race card has expired.
Another group of people from history also removed things they didn't like. My grandfather fought against them only to have the very ideology come to the UK. Today I am ashamed to come from Bristol. "lest we forget"
No doubt that some mighty guys stand behind these looters in order to destroy european history. Soros, Biden etc ??? The looters and vandals must be stopped and prosecuted according to law.
@@allerkostone2611 100% agreed
Nathaniel Tillman.... How about putting up a statue of “Sir Jimmy Saville “ right outside of Great Ormand Street hospital where he did such Stirling unselfish work for charity!!! the man was a national treasure!!! All those that he abused should just “shut up” and learn some respect!!!.....
Edward Colston just got tested positive of covid 19 before he ended up in the sea. R rate has now gone up by 1
They shouldn't be having slave traders like a trophy of their disgusting history. They did right.
Finally someone who speaks english
Do people know that floyd was in prison for over 6 years?
And your conclusion is?
So what.
Yeah we know and were still happy they ripped the statue down, next.
So what? What a disgusting comment. Do only people with perfect lives deserve basic human rights?
How is it that this disgusting monument survived so long?
I feel that the world has come together to show how much we really love each other without the governments talking for us.
true but the media wants divide and conquer, this is why they trying to change the narrative by manipulation and lies
Absolutely! They're effectively defeating their cause by turning people against them.
Mouse slipped. Meant to reply to the one below. Only Luvvie Lefties love each other.
Ahhhhh. Do u want revolution!!!
Respect to the white people who support the movement. They have the most honour and dignity in this whole episode. And shame and dishonor to the black people who hate the protest. Yes shame on them and their white counterparts.
The statue was rolled over 500 meters until reaching these coordinates 51.450095, -2.598415
I don't get it
Yes, the statue was a historical symbol of slave trading....and now it's a historic symbol of united people and evolved morality.
Beuatifuly said
So we’re done with the virus? On to the next month shenanigans?
IKR I don’t know why these people are doing this. They’re forgetting the virus.
I hope the virus isn't done with them.
I'm crossing my fingers that they all wake up tomorrow with a bit of a cough.
@@Josh-oy7zp
conveniently protests took focus off China
@@Josh-oy7zp I THINK THIS PROVES THAT THE VIRUS WAS NOT AS BAD AS MADE BEFORE THIS THERE WAS NO SOCIAL DISTANCING BY THE POLICE
My question is why there is still a slave trader statue in UK
Because he helped bring in schools and hospitals for the country
EXACTLY!!! they should be ashamed
Because he left all his wealth to charities
@@HG69405 Yeah! and Jimmy Savile really ran all those marathons, and raised those millions for scanners and machinery for hospitals, he also had a dark side! We know all about that!
- Seriously Bristol corporation should have been expecting this! - It was going to happen. Should have moved it inside to a dark corner of the museum, as if to say At one time he was honoured, and venerated.
We don't want to hide our past. But just not so openly in public, it is there for people to study history.
The people have spoken, he is now in Bristol Harbour.
No excuse for civic vandalism, defacing Churchill statue IS wrong, he is the greatest wartime leader we have ever had, and to my knowledge had nowt to do with the slave trade!
hoppinonabronzeleg agreed
Fair play to them..that thing should have been taken down decades ago...
And Aushwitz then...?Go figure.
I wonder if these same people would advocate destroying the Pyramids or ancient Tombs? *They were all built by slaves*
@0 0 Why would people have no reason to destroy them if they were then? Surely that would be making a profit on the backs of slavery right?
My uncle died in the second World War.... He would have been all for the right too peaceful protest.. That's what he was fighting for.. But not violence and destruction. He lost his life for this.... Criminal
Where were the police when this act of criminal damage was going on.Just watching I presume because under orders to not intervene.Utter disgrace of our law enforcement
These protests have gone too far 😥
Top far they have even started welcome to the future
This is the beginning of a long line of protest belive me and about time to thinhs must change its only just started wacth this space
@@hornyev I know right. Like I get the idea of being against racism and I support that but they shouldn't be protesting in this aggressive way
It's like all these protests are like a repeat of the Malcolm X protests
@@robinpopps189 just like black people bieng killed in police custody in london and america personally if that was a member of my family they killed him like that id kill two policemen and go to jail eye for an eye enogh is enough
A few people make the decision for everyone, their faces can be seen, i hope it bankrupts them when they have to pay for the repair. law and order as broken down the police are a waste of time, folks we're on our own.
It was coming down anyway so don’t fret, as it should have a long time ago... just see it as they’ve saved the council £200k!
@Andrew21795 There's a French video clearly showing lots of faces, i hope it bankrupts them.
@Andrew21795 they're very good at finding people, the images are so good i bet people have already called the police.
@Andrew21795 The government have just made a statement that everyone involved will be prosecuted.
@Andrew21795 After the riots of 8 years ago hundreds were tracked down and prosecuted some ending up in prison, justice will be done.
Biblical figures had slaves, so should we also remove them?
And Egyptians and Romans’ and Greeks
YES
sure
The end of western civilisation
Why the hell did a slave trader even have a statue in the first place?
Maybe try to be a native there to understand it
yamyam 029 Well that aint ever gonna happen cause I've already been born in North Wales, so I can't be born in Bristol now can I? I can, however, still ask the question "why was a scummy slaver given a statue?"
TheDaxter11 because he was a massive contributor to Bristol being built up over the years
I can't tell if this type of protesting and forceful removal of statues is actually supporting the cause or just a shield for anarchy and anti-social behaviour. I support the movement but not how it's being done.
Indians stand with black ...We share same sad story
We can only stop modern slavery if we stop obsessing about 18th century slavery. Learn from the past, but live for the future.
Where the hell is the police?
Having a cuppa.
You’d think the statue wouldn’t have even made it to the pavement without the local authority’s getting involved
Police were probably too busy bending a knee or painting rainbow flags on their cars.
Staged and facilitated!
It was coming down anyway - so the council now don’t have to pay for that; win win I say 😂
Police are gutless. Hampered by years of Political correctness. They need to get the batons out and get on top of these thugs. Can't believe they stood back and watched this happen. Pathetic.
@@rougebaron76 It was right to happen tho
Racism is widespread. People have called me a Brit for years..pure racism
@my dog baily If your white and your called a snowflake its racist
@my dog baily True!! But they discriminated against other races with the protests
YES, SLAVERY AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION EXISTED. I DON'T AGREE THAT THESE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS SHOULD BE REMOVED AND VANDALIZED. WE NEED A STRICT LAW TO PURSUE KINDNESS, respect, tolerance and economic wealth.
It feels right to me. The statue should have been removed.
It's not a statue to represent good, but it was to represent a time gone by, the same way as concentration camps. It was a example of what we shouldn't repeat again
@HooverDude 60 What kind of argument is that for anything. WTF? Seriously. Be honest. I am lost on the agreesion. Why the attack on the subject. What is so threatening. The statue lords up a wrong doer to put it politely. Bad deeds are not discounted by other bad deeds because they are in say your percieved opinion, it seems worse because more numourous.
Black Statues Matter!!! 👍
This is how the Irish problem started!
Politicians must listen to the people!
Statues first!
Then what?
Billy Whizz .... Boris... please!!!.
Well, the people tried to have the statue removed the "correct" way for years, & it didn't happen so they took matters into their own hands. This is what empowerment looks like. The police need to look the other way at this one, like they are used to doing when their fellow officers break the law.
The statue should not have been there as it's a symbol of oppression and racism. I agree that it should have been removed as it stands as an insult to black people. However, I am conflicted as to whether it should have been torn down as an act of vandalism. On the one hand, I completely understand but on the other, I don't think vandalism and aggression are doing any favours for the cause.
The people elected could have altered the Public space , had decades to do so and failed, no one injured , let this be a lesson unlearned by the elites.
That was criminal damage plain and simple....the statue should be put back up and the cost should be taken from the Bristol city council budget..... the man was a lot more than just a slave trader (BACK IN THE 1700 HUNDREDS I MIGHT ADD)
I might add jump in the river join the statue
everett Thomas the statue isn’t even in the river anymore genius 🤪 so I will go and look at it when it’s been rightfully restored and put back up in the local museum 😊
@@bens1453 thats ur porogative. Not my problem at least i dont have to look at it any more more to the point like i said talk is talk the council dilly dallied while protestor done the job for them no charge
@@bens1453 action speak much more than words wichis wat u are hot
Or go join it in the museum with ur antique thoughts lol
The irony of chanting I can’t breathe during a covid outbreak. I fear for their souls.
I fear for your brain
Forget the virus that's been over represented wrongly . What about the end game of the blm activists they are our to distroy our city and culture.
@A SJ U.N is not what I am talking about the biggest problem is the Blm activitist. Who are terrorizing our cities and burning it down.
@@abramslion1 The only people shaking in fear over BLM protests are corrupts cops and white supremacists. Decent people everywhere are cheering.
@A SJ
Takes like 4 or 5 days for symptoms to begin , Guess we will witness the irony next week.
I have a feeling that man 0.49 didn't know what that statue represented until today,
ye it was there way before his parents ' arrived' in bristol
gruppenfuhrer good insight there boomer
And THATS the point. That is how deep the racism is embedded in the country.
What's the problem? Finding out a statue was of a slave trader????? Seems like someone is offended a racist is in the bottom of a canal.
pagan warrior calm down cringe lord
Why are we getting mad at people tearing down a SLAVE TRADER'S STATUE? I mean, it's right there! Slave Trader. Why was he even given a statue?
Was he only a slave trader? Society was different at that time.
Because he wasn't just a slave trader
@@PeteS_1994 so it's cool he sold men for a living then philanthropy wow why not replace the slaver with hawking or any great scientist or even a goat
He built Bristol. And African's also sold their own people as slaves. Do your research before typing
@@bartender4731 i dont need to research my history u may need to read it
My next door neighbour has a bird bath statue in his garden. I dont like it who's with me to pull it down?
go piss in it
Thats different u dumbass
He was a slave trader and do u think thats ok?
@@moadahfid3499 my neighbour was a slave trader lol really. Always thought he looked suspect.
@@stevenrose3509 then knock it over
Here me out; black lives matter. But the statue highlights history, it tells the story of the past, it stops us from forgetting what has happened. It reminds us not to repeat mistakes.
Exactly history is what shapes the modern world. Without it, we won't know how much society has changed.
So stick it in a museum. Not out in the open celebrating and glorifying a horrific slave owners past.
@@philosophicalflow Exactly what I was thinking.
I am not justifying the actions of these people but understand their anger but my question is: what a earth was doing a statue of slave trader, why slave trader had a commemorative monument 🤷🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️Anyway.
For the same reason concentration camps weren't removed, we need to learn with history not destroy it
the British Empire ended slavery globally...not the first nation to have slaves, but the first to end it globally. This statue was raised 100 years after Britain ended global slavery...it was raised because of all the great buildings and things this man did for Bristol, not as a celebration of slavery.
@@fredrik8806 that too
@@fredrik8806 he did deal in slaves, but at that time so did every nation in Africa, Asia, and Europe
Here is a better solution a Statue saying we sorry for this action taken by our country and in memorial to remember how past failure we will like to place a symbol to remind us all we are all 1 under the sun and should work together for a better future and not allow our past to repeat itself.
something along that line would have shown to the world the intent of creating a better future, but no we have a statue gratifying a salve trade what because we built hospital from the slave fortune he has amassed over is lifetime.
"condemned", so stupid, it belongs to the people, and if they want it in the harbor to offend the fish there instead of fellow man on the surface, then cool, let the fish deal with it
danam0228 “the people”
A small minority of foolish, self-righteous dickheads destroyed a piece of history. Now the vast, vast majority (who had no part in this act of vandalism) have been robbed of part of their cultural history. So much for “belonging to the people”
@@B1811-g1e by erasing our history like this we are dooming our future these vandals should be locked up.
@@B1811-g1e the cultural history still exists, but with the fishes
These protesters have completely disregarded the feelings of the majority of the people who don’t want the statue to be removed. And when these people actually did take it down they end up throwing it in the river! Like that is the example a modern society is supposed to be taking when we are all meant to be more environmentally conscious about dumping. I hope they are able to fish it out of the river, and just as a punishment to these idiotic rioters, actually put it back up again, IN BULLET-PROOF GLASS.
@@danielwhyatt3278 the majority of the people in Bristol and surrounding area like having statues of slave traders?
Whether or not the statue should have gone, I'd be weary of letting those with little to no life experience make permanent decisions that affect us all.
Take them down and put them in a museum. That’s the compromise tbh
I'm italian and i live in Bristol, so i'm a foreigner, that means i could easily be targeted with racist harassments, or perhaps here in Bristol they hate racism in general and not just the racism towards black people?
Your post title is crap.. praise them, keep going.
Why don't they condemn the African
chiefs that sold them & the Arabs that purchased them they should be condemning every race and country that was involved in slavery not just taking it out on the European who also purchased them.
Dean Smith . Because they don't care about that. They are anti-white racists. That should be becoming obvious.
White racists shut up
We have and they know we are Israelites the real jews and got jealous...
is this the uk or africa
UK have had African people living here for centuries. Go look at Henry the 8th's Tudor Roll. Some people need to read a history book.
middle aged dave back at it again
@@g9312 more like pissed of dave paying taxes for wokes
thats is so sad. a statue is made for someone who did honorable good for the community. dunno why this British hating media have to paint a story like that this statue was known criminal for 120 years and now finally punished. seriously, where's the sense of outrage?
Ok who’s ready for an asteroid strike next?😂
I guess so.,. So boring here. Is it confirmed? People have been so quiet minding theire own life
Protest on Sunday's, clap on Thursday's and accept 80% end of the month.
Doubt it, we dont have the same privilege.
either I'm tripping or every time I scroll up and down ur profile pic moves
Very true, same people condemning their neighbours for not clapping for the NHS. Meanwhile they spread the disease on mass.
Did they not read that black people are twice as likely to die from corona as whites?
@@richyrich5704 people seem totally brainwashed these days ......the critical thinker is a dying species....
@@TheNoirAlien sure.....
I am proud well done! Now that's being British.
No it's being an uncouth, ignorant, impulsive, entitled savage. That might apply to the 'new' British on our streets - but it does not apply to actual traditional Brits.
Savage perhaps but it was kinda expected. Some traditions shouldn’t be kept around simply because they’re traditions.
rain Alaska last time I checked the internet was still around. Books are still around.
I fear this behaviour towards our police and our country will demonize them in the eyes of people who are not prejudice and only perpetuate the opinions of those who already are, this is doing more harm than good to their cause.
What should we do with statues of Gaius Julius Caesar? He also owned slaves. And what about Colosseum - gladiators were slaves and died for entertain purposes. Should Italians demolish it? I dont think its ok to judge people outside the cultural context. Slavery was OK for many civilizations during eons and eons of time, but exactly the white race was first who proclaimed slavery as a sin. If u want fight modern slavery - biggest human trafficking happens in Africa and some parts of Asia.
cena - it was never "OK".
Police arrests? Crime ignored if one has a dark complexion. Which race is being discriminated against? REALLY?
They tied his leg like he’s going to run away
Yes owen jones has been encouraging it naming different statues he sould be prosicuted.
It's vandalism at its core the statue could of been removed quietly, but no these babies tore it down jumped on it and tossed it in the river.
@@karldilkington8802 it only had 11,000 signatures. Clearly nobody was that bothered by it.
@Law T suprised he doesn't get banged out at least once a day to be honest. The guy is an absolute lizard.
@@karldilkington8802 ok cry about it
Why did the police not intervene? That statue could have been removed properly without the violence that is starting to worry a lot of people. The way things are going is the wrong direction.
Put a statue of Diane Abbott on.
That would cost a fortune
The greatest mathematician of our time!
Stewart Rodgers while we are at it let’s put Robert Mugabe up there, he hated whiteys as well!
Caine McMahon it will if Diane Abbott is doing the estimate
they would need to pull down another two for that !!
It looks like there is no corona anymore 😃😃😃
Never was
And some of them will be muttering "I can't breath" very shortly. Stop modern slavery not past history.
Bring back the dinosaurs ffs.humans are toxic
James Dyson humans are toxic for pulling down a slave traders statue
I like the animals we have now, but humans are making them go extinct too 😕
@@jonnfhgg its public vandalism. If I smashed your windows would it be ok because politically I think it's the right thing to do?
@@limecat1986 People of Bristol were petitioning for years to remove the statue. It belongs to the people of the city after all. Bristol Council is one of the laziest councils in the UK and failed to act for years. People just took matters in their own hands. They didn't destroy private property they destroyed something that belongs to them
No need to. They're in Parliament and councils up and down the country... and making decisions at the BBC.
Why would people go way within 2 meters in lockdown as it was easing and the r was below 1. More lives will be lost.
@shape shifter they're all university students, entitled little virtue signallers, the ones who tore the statue down were all white lol
@@karldilkington8802 not ALL
These peaceful black protesters deserve more Corona
The peaceful protesters are remarkable people and are the heart of the BLM movement. The people who r looting are a disgrace.
@@gregorysmith7308 90% of them were FACT