Statue of Black Lives Matter Protester Removed By City After Standing for Just 24 Hours

The statue of a Black Lives Matter activist in the English city of Bristol has been removed just 24 hours after it was put up by a British artist without permission. The figure was meant to replace a statue of a slave trader, one that had stood for 125 years.

The BLM sculpture was made and erected by British artist Marc Quinn and depicts Black Lives Matter activist Jen Reid standing with her fist raised. The statue was put in place of the 17th century slave trader Edward Colston, whose...