Davant de les imatges d'estàtues danyades o directament arrencades, Londres ha recobert amb revestiments protectors unes quantes estàtues i monuments, amb vista de noves manifestacions de #BlackLivesMatter.

 

 

 

 

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El cap de setmana passat, els manifestants van desfigurar una estàtua de Winston Churchill, que es troba davant del Parlament del Regne Unit.

FOTO: Reuters

També es van col·locar barreres protectores al voltant d'una estàtua de George Washington a Trafalgar Square. La decisió de l'alcalde de Londres, Sadiq Khan, ha estat rebut amb crítiques:

They are not counter protests they are a stand in peace and unity to stop any damage coming to our remembrance monuments and statues only.

The Mayor of London does not speak for us londoners and he is actively trying to incite hatred. He must be removed from post ASAP! https://t.co/gd8atGRFI3

— Gary????????? (@DemonGza) June 12, 2020

If historical statues in London concern you more than the city’s knife crime epidemic, you have to question your priorities.

We cannot let Sadiq Khan continue as Mayor.

— Emily Hewertson (@emilyhewertson) June 9, 2020

The statues in London do not belong to @SadiqKhan or to London itself, they belong to the entire British Nation. #BlackLivesMatter has been hijacked. Now we face an assault on British identity led by the Mayor of our capital city. Outrageous. #ALLLIVESMATER pic.twitter.com/P5X6LM8F2p

— Henry Bolton OBE #StayAtHomeSaveLives ?? (@_HenryBolton) June 9, 2020

El vandalisme contra les estàtues, generalment de les figures històriques racistes o esclavistes, ha succeït a diferents ciutat de tot el món durant les manifestacions contra el racisme. A Bristol, un bust que representa el poeta i actor jamaicà Alfred Fagon ha estat cobert amb blanquejador.

This is so upsetting, so mindless, so unashamedly racist. Alfred Fagon served his country, our country, in the Royal Signals. He was a fellow citizen https://t.co/M3YcBcFU86

— Victoria Freeman (@make_trouble) June 12, 2020