Bristol Commission Recommends Contested Statue Should Go to City Museum

The statue of Bristol slave trader Edward Colston that was toppled during a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020 should be permanently displayed in a museum, on its side and defaced with red paint, according to a recently released report commissioned by the city’s mayor. The recommendation follows the acquittal of four protesters charged with causing criminal damage after pulling down the statue and rolling it off Bristol’s dock.
The independent We Are Bristol History Commission group