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Invest with us. You don’t have to be an expert on social stability to know the best way to calm a nervous, angry nation is to add a few million additional lethal firearms into the mix,” he continued. A marble statue of Sir Thomas Picton has stood in Cardiff City Hall since 1916, and is part of a series of memorials depicting "Heroes of Wales".The city's first black Lord Mayor Dan De'Ath is now among those calling for its removal due to his links to the slave trade in the 19th century.Picton is accused of having a dozen slaves executed while governor of Trinidad during colonial rule, and is said to have used the slave trade to partially build up his considerable fortune.In 1806, nine years before he became the highest-ranking officer killed at the Battle of Waterloo, he was found guilty of torturing a 14-year-old mixed-race girl during his rule of the Caribbean island.The girl, Louisa Calderon, was tortured in an attempt to get her to confess to stealing from a businessman she lived with as a mistress, and was suspended with rope by one arm above a spike in the floor.He was never sentenced, and two years later the verdict was reversed at a retrial.In a letter to the leader of Cardiff Council, Mr De'Ath wrote: "I feel that it is no longer acceptable for Picton's statue to be amongst the 'Heroes of Wales' in City Hall, and I am calling on you to arrange for its removal from the Marble Hall at a time when resources and logistics allow and when it is safe to do so. Every reader contribution, whatever the amount, makes a tremendous difference. The COVID crisis has cut advertising rates in half, and we need your help. "The removal of this statue would be a welcome first step in the University’s attempt to redress the ways in which it has been an active beneficiary of empire.

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We’ve exposed billionaire Raw Story is independent. Bristol's then mayor George Ferguson branded celebrations of Colston "perverse" in 2013.However, taking inspiration from yesterday's events, a number of petitions are now calling for other memorials to be taken down.Edinburgh residents are calling for a statue of slave owner Henry Dundas to be pulled down and dumped into the Firth of Forth.One of Scotland's most influential politicians, the former Home Secretary is widely considered to be responsible for delaying the abolition of slavery in 1792.He argued that the slave trade should be abolished gradually in three stages over a decade - which many historians say cost thousands of lives.A status of Dundas sits atop the 150-foot tall Melville Monument in Edinburgh's St Andrew Square, towering over the capital - but yesterday, the base of the monument was daubed with the name of George Floyd during a Black Lives Matter demo.More than 1,500 people have now signed a petition calling for its removal and for streets bearing his name to be renamed. The two jets have been permanent fixtures at Memphis estate for 30 years Elvis's beloved planes WILL be moved from Graceland - meaning visitors to his home will no longer be able to set foot in them.

Raw Story readers power David Cay Johnston’s DCReport, which we've expanded to keep watch in Washington. "While it remains standing, the statue of Rhodes remains a celebration not just of the crimes of the man himself, but of the imperialist legacy on which Oxford University has thrived, and continues to thrive. Like you, we here at Raw Story believe in the power of progressive journalism. Invest with us in the future. The statue was placed by the Tupelo Elvis Fan Club and the Tupelo Convention and Visitors Bureau in August of 2012 to commemorate Tupelo’s most famous native son.

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“And besides, it’s our constitutional right to shoot at anything that comes on our property, whether it’s a coronavirus, a scary person yelling things we disagree with or a horde of Marxists trying to tear down the 16-foot Elvis statue in my front yard.”This article did not sit well with pro-gun conservatives.

The toppling of a statue of 17th century slave owner Edward Colston in Bristol yesterday has sparked calls for other monuments with links to Britain's colonial past to be removedThousands are demanding the removal of monuments with links to Britain's colonial past after Edward Colston's statue was pulled down yesterday.A bronze monument to the 17th century slave trader was torn down during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol, sparked by the death of George Floyd in the US.It had previously been the subject of a 11,000-strong petition to have it removed.After it was toppled, protesters rolled it towards the harbour and threw it into the water.The statue had been up for 125 years but had faced calls for its removal for years now. The sculpture of … “If I had an Elvis statue, a lawn jockey or a bird bath I would suggest that you not try and tear it down, just a suggestion in the interest of public health,” wrote another. As the United States has been gripped with a series of social protests against police brutality and for Black civil rights, coupled with efforts to remove statues of Confederate officers and slaveholders, there has been a sharp uptick in gun sales as people afraid of the protests and resentful of the monument removals seek to protect themselves and their towns.“According to FBI data, nearly 3 million firearm background checks were conducted in May, a 32% jump over the same month last year,” wrote Huppke.

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