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| Jen Reid: Bristol Black Lives Matter statue removed | |
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| A sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester has been removed from the plinth where the statue of Bristol slave trader Edward Colston once stood. | |
| The sculpture of Jen Reid, which was taken down by the council, was erected at the spot where an Edward Colston statue was pulled down during protests. | |
| Ms Reid had been photographed standing on the empty plinth. | Ms Reid had been photographed standing on the empty plinth. |
| Mayor Marvin Rees said the it was up to the people of Bristol to decide what would replace the Colston statue. | |
| Bristol City Council tweeted to say it had removed the sculpture on Thursday morning and it would be held at its museum "for the artist to collect or donate to our collection". | |
| The black resin statue, called A Surge of Power, was created by artist Marc Quinn and designed to be a temporary installation to continue the conversation about racism. | |
| He said he was inspired to create it after seeing an image of Ms Reid standing on the plinth with her fist raised during the Black Lives Matter protest on 7 June. | |
| Mr Quinn then contacted Ms Reid through social media and they worked together on the statue, which was erected shortly before 04:30 BST on Wednesday. |