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June 8, 2020

Protests Mount Across the Globe as Racist and Colonialist Statues Targeted in U.K.
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Protests also intensified around the world, as crowds poured into the
streets in Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, Canada, Japan,
South Korea, Tunisia, among many other places. Protesters gathered in
front of U.S. embassies in some capitals, as they demanded an end to
police brutality and racism in both the U.S. and their own countries. In
Spain, demonstrators rallied in front of the Rota U.S. military base in
Cádiz. In Britain, protesters in Bristol tore down a bronze statue of
17th century slave trader Edward Colston and threw it in the River Avon.
In London, protesters wrote "Churchill is a racist" on the memorial
statue for former Prime Minister Winston Churchill.


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