A new statue of a Black Lives Matter protester has appeared on the plinth in Bristol formerly holding the UK slave trader Edward Colston.<br /><br />The old statue was torn down on June 7 amid the Black Lives Matter protests and on Wednesday (July 15) a new statue of Jen Reid appeared in its place.<br /><br />The statue, by artist Marc Quinn, appeared without prior approval from the local council. <br /><br />Video filmed by local citizen Rebecca shows the new statue a few hours after it was erected.
