A sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester installed without authorization on the site where a monument to a 17th-century parliamentarian and slave trader was ripped down by protesters last month was taken down by the city after just one day, according to a report. City workers carefully removed the statue of Jen Reid at dawn Thursday after it had been erected early Wednesday morning without the approval or knowledge of the city of Bristol in southwest England, the New York Times reported. “Whether it’s there for a day or a week or a month, it’s been there,” Reid said on Wednesday before it was taken down, according to The Guardian. Rees said the fate of the statue would be up to the people of Bristol, The Times reported. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe statue of Colston was removed from the nearby harbor by city workers after it was dumped there by protesters and will be placed in a museum, city officials said.

Source: Fox News July 16, 2020 09:58 UTC