Colston statue ‘cast a shadow’ over Bristol, court hears in BLM protest trial

Defence says memorial to slave trader toppled last June was ‘indecent and threatening’ to city’s black communityThe statue of Edward Colston in Bristol was “a monument to racism”, a court has heard, as a defendant described the moment he gave the signal to topple the memorial to the slave trader.Rhian Graham, 30, Milo Ponsford, 26, and Sage Willoughby, 22, are accused of helping to tear down the statue of the slave trader during a Black Lives Matter protest on 7 Jun