Glasgow protesters vandalise Robert Peel statue amid calls to remove Piccadilly Gardens monument
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukPiccadily Gardens.Pictures emerged yesterday of the statue to the Bury-born statesman spray painted in Glasgow city centre.The letters ACAB - an abbreviation for 'all cops are b******s' can be seen defacing the plinth, alongside a hammer and sickle.Peel, a two-time Prime Minister, is credited with the formation of modern British policing, having founded the Metropolitan Police Service.The act of vandalism comes as a petition demanding the removal of the statue to Peel in Piccadilly Gardens has been started by campaigners.Those behind the campaign, which has already been signed by more than 350 people, say they want to highlight the 'endemic racism that continues to plague Manchester and the fact that this city was built on slavery'.It.
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