Four people charged with the felling of the Edward Colston monument in Banksy's home city of Bristol, England, are due to go on trial next week.
LONDON — People lined up Saturday in the English city of Bristol to get the latest work by elusive street artist— a T-shirt created to help four defendants charged over the toppling of a local statue of a slave trader.
The gray shirt features the word Bristol above an empty plinth like the one on which the statue of 17th-century slave merchant Edward Colston long stood.Anti-racism demonstrators pulled down the statue and dumped it in Bristol harbor in June 2020 amid global protests over the police killing of George Floyd.
Four people have been charged with criminal damage over the statue’s felling and are due to go on trial next week. Customers inside the Rough Trade store in Bristol hold T-shirts designed by street artist Banksy that are being sold to support four people facing trial over the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston.“I’ve made some souvenir shirts to mark the occasion,” Banksy said on social media Friday. “Available from various outlets in the city from tomorrow. All proceeds to the defendants so they can go for a pint.
Anti-racism demonstrators pulled down the statue and dumped it in Bristol harbor in June 2020 amid global protests over the police killing of George Floyd.
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