Protesting … or vandalism?

It is a better solution, but the many people of Bristol had tried to make that happen and turned down.

"For thousands of Bristolians the intervention reflected a sense of exhaustion with official processes, particularly since the failed attempts to get a second plaque describing Colston's acts in even mild prose. National commentators have been equally sympathetic"

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Gives a good history about why it became such an iconic act internationally - and hasn't happened again, because now plaques outdoors and texts indoors accompany objects.

I do wonder if activists realise that some of their behaviour will be judged as shameful in the future. It is very unlikely that they will be the first faultless humans.