Controversial statues of slave owners and Confederate figures come down amid protests over George Floyd's death.
PHOTO PACKAGE: Statues Are Taken Down In The Wake Of Anti-Racism Movement
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A banner is taped over the inscription on the pedestal of the toppled statue of Edward Colston in Bristol, England, Monday, June 8, 2020. The toppling of the statue was greeted with joyous scenes, recognition of the fact that he was a notorious slave trader — a badge of shame in what is one of Britain’s most liberal cities.
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The statue of Confederate soldier John B. Castleman is prepared for its removal from the pedestal where it stood for over 100 years as protests against racial inequality continue, in the Cherokee Triangle neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. June 8. 2020.
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Confederate Statues like this one pictured in Alexandria, Virginia, U.S., have been removed by the order of local officials and the Government of Virginia. The cases of Confederate monuments removal have been in U.S. for decades and were lead by the belief that such monuments glorify white supremacy and a government built on principle of slavery expansion.
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A grab photograph of an handout video taken and released by the Belgian television channel ATV-ANTWERP TELEVISION on June 9, 2020 in Antwerp, shows city workers taking down the statue of late Belgian King Leopold II, a few days after it was daubed with paint by anti-racism protesters due the monarch brutal colonial ruling. Statues of Leopold have long been a target of activists because of his record in Belgium's African colonies, where he ran and exploited the then "Congo Free State" as a personal domain. The movement has gained momentum in recent days after the latest U.S. police killing of an unarmed black suspect triggered a global wave of protest.