#AllBlacksMatter: Queen Victoria, King Leopold Statue Defaced, Christopher Columbus’ Decapitated

As protest continues across the world over constant racism against the black ethnic group, the statues of Queen Victoria of England and King Leopold of Belgium were defaced by protesters while that of was decapitated at Christopher Columbus Park in Boston Massachusetts.

The protest was a result of an African-American, George Floyd, who died in the custody of the Police in the United States.

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The statues of Leopold have long been a target of activists because of his record of brutal colonial rule in Belgium’s former central African colonies.

A movement to remove statues commemorating slavers and colonizers continues to sweep across the US with Christopher Columbus’ statue decapitated.

See the pictures below.

Photo credit: AFP

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