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Steve Loughran

Starting this month's photo posts with some BLM images

Here: stokes croft, July 2016. Eight years later and the US government is banning use of this and similar terms in the US govt, with subservient companies copying this to show their loyalty.

I wonder how long before Elon Musk does a database join of people who have used this hashtag on Twitter and who are listed as federal employees? Because he can now – he has the data.

a street in a city. On a white wall is painted #blacklivesmatter , while someone skateboards in front of it on the road
#BlackLivesMatter#blackhistorymonth#streetart
Steve Loughran

Plinth of the Edward Colston statue, a statue which had been deposed, rolled over to the harbour and then thrown overboard.

It was the deposition of the statue which led the then home secretary, Priti Patel, to introduce oppressive laws about damaging statues. That is: rather than look at Britain's history in the slave trade – she made publicising its role a crime.

An open area in a city. There are trees all around a central pavement. In the centre of the pavement is the plinth of a statue. A black placard with the words "black lives matter" is at the base of it. There is no statue, but another part of the plane lies on its side in front of the part that is standing.
#blackhistorymonth#BLM#bristol
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Steve Loughran

Other sides of the Colston statue after the statue's deposition. Photos from 8 June 2020 -the day after the BLM protests triggered by George Floyds murder by police in the US. I suspect the polis were keeping their distance because of that.

Everyone down here today -myself included- are here to see an empty plinth on a traffic island. Probably the statue's most popular week since the day it was unveiled. Apparently there were may more placards on the pavement -by 13:00 there were just a few propped uo

People stand in front of the plinth reading the placard text: Afrocurls don't threaten the world
The plinth as viewed from the north one person reads the signs, many more spectators are gathered on the other side
Plinth from the east. It is sunlit. There is a sign "silence is violence"
#blackhistorymonth#BlackLivesMatter#streetphotography
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Southern side of the Colston plinth.
- Placard: "say NO to fake allies! Boycott Amazon!" Had a point there
- TV crews and other bystanders; biggest event in The Centre since they installed the broken fountains.
- the ugly 1970s Tower block in the background of one of the pictures was named "Colston Tower" until that week. photos of that to come.
- Lots of motor traffic in the background. In the 1990 this area was a multi lane roundabout. Since then there have been improvements, the most recent being the eastern side is now exclusively for buses and bicycles. It is still a place where people wouldn't normally go, except for the skateboarders.
- The river Frome is underneath here. Until the victorian era, the harbour ran up this far. Therefore, the slaver ships could well have ducked under where everyone is standing: The Colston statue stood over the site where his own vessels would've docked.

People standing near to the plinth. Two women on the bicycles have stopped. On a tripod stands a television camera; on another tripod, a large microphone is placed, as if waiting for someone to make a speech
A view of the print, including a part of it on the ground. The placard denouncing is visible here.
A different man stands by a camera on a tripod. There is a large tower block in the background. This is Colston Tower
#BlackLivesMatter#BlackHistoryMonth#BLM
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