The Mayor of Bristol has said that a statue toppled yesterday and thrown into the harbour will likely be fished out and placed in a museum.
During a Black Lives Matter protest on Sunday a large crowd of people gathered around the statue of Edward Colston, a notorious slave trader.
Using ropes the demonstrators pulled Colston down and rolled him into the water, to great cheers from onlookers, Bristol Post reported.
Speaking live on BBC Radio Bristol, Mayor Marvin Rees warned about the dangers of mass gatherings. While he said he did not support criminal damage, Mayor Rees argued the toppling of the statue was now part of the city's history. "It's still underwater, at some point it will be fished out...