#Statue of Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid removed in UK
“#Statue of Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid removed in UK”
July 16, 2020 | 11:40am | Updated July 16, 2020 | 12:00pm
Video shows hardhats in Bristol carefully removing the statue of demonstrator Jen Reid with her fist in the air at around 5:20 a.m., the Guardian reported.
The black resin and steel piece — titled “A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020” — was erected early Wednesday by London sculptor Marc Quinn.
It replaced a statue of Colston, which was torn down last month and tossed into the Avon River.
Bristol Mayor Marvin Rees said the city was going through an “incredibly delicate time.”
“This is not about taking down a statue of Jen, who is a very impressive woman,” Rees told BBC Radio 5 Live. “This is about taking down a statue of a London-based artist who came and put it up without permission.”
Reid was photographed on June 7 on top of the plinth that held the Colston statue for 125 years.
“When I stood there on the plinth and raised my arm in a Black Power salute, it was totally spontaneous,” she told the BBC. “I didn’t even think about it. It was like an electrical charge of power was running through me.”
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