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A man kneels on the statue of slave trader Edward Colston before it is dumped into the Bristol harbour in the summer of 2020
FOUR protesters have denied causing criminal damage to the statue of slave owner Edward Colston and will face trial in December.
The court case will take place 18 months after the bronze figure of the slave merchant was toppled during a Black Lives Matter protest in June 2020.
Jake Skuse, 36, Rhian Graham, 29, Milo Ponsford, 25, and Sage Willoughby, 21, dubbed the Colston Four, appeared at Bristol Crown Court this morning.
ELLIS RAE recommends a stunning history of the active role played by the British monarchy in establishing and profiting from slavery
Still the only black man to win the US Open tennis title, a statue of the legendary champion, Arthur Ashe, is now the only one remaining on Monument Avenue in his Richmond, Virginia hometown, where confederate leaders of the Civil War were also once displayed, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
