Statue of Colombus who 'discovered' America decapitated amid protests; others vandalised

As anti-racism protests continue in wake of police homicide of an African-American citizen named George Floyd, so are incidents of vandalism and rioting, as a statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston was found beheed while one in downtown Miami was vandalised and ar was pushed into a lake earlier in week in Richmond, Virginia.

This comes as protestors vowed to get rid of  monuments and statues celebrating colonisers.  United States has been reeling under pressure to remove sculptures and monuments in country that are associated with racism, after incident of police brutality that killed George Floyd in Minneapolis last month.

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In reaction, protestors have vandalised statues of Columbus who is conceived to have induced gecide against indigeus populations in American continent.

t just in America, call for removal of statues has been flared in England too as some demonstrators in Bristol toppled a statue of a slave trer on Sunday and dumped it in a harbour during anti-racism protests. Taking te of incident, London mayor has anunced that statues of imperialist figures would be removed from Britain's streets in order to prevent sparking of protests furr.

On day Floyd was buried in his hometown of Houston, Texas, London Mayor Siq Khan said he was setting up a commission to ensure British capital's monuments reflected its diversity. It will review statues, murals, street art, street names and or memorials and consider which legacies should be celebrated, mayor's office said.

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George Floyd was laid to rest on Tuesday following a funeral service at a church in Houston that was attended by over 500 mourners. Floyd died in Minneapolis on May 25 after white police officer Derek Chauvin handcuffed and pinned him to ground, and knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes while 46-year-old from Houston gasped for breath. incident after going viral sparked massive protests against racial injustice in country and several or parts of world. However, protests took a violent turn with incidents of vandalism, rioting and looting.