Men try to fish Edward Colston statue out of harbour with a single pole
dailystar.co.ukBlack Lives Matter protestes threw the monument into the river. Activists pulled the 17th century slave trader's statue to the ground on June 7 in Bristol and tipped it into the River Avon, reports Bristol Live.The monument was pulled down at 2:30pm after protesters took to the streets of Bristol following the death of George Floyd at the hands of US police in Minnesota.The following day, pictures emerged of men appearing to use a pole in a bid to get the bronze figure out of the water.Two men, both wearing socks but no shoes, could be seen climbing down the wall of the river-bank.The shirtless men took turns plunging the metal pole into the Avon, before giving up.In a comment liked 30,000 times, one woman wrote on Twitter: "And all that he.
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