Show notes:

1:25 historian David Olusoga determined Colston owned more slaves than any other Brit in history, one of the earliest biggest slave traders 

1:50 Colston died circa 1720 

2:10 statue to Colston erected by the Victorian sort of dignitaries in Bristol

2:30 half of the schools, streets and whatever in Bristol are named after Colston

2:45 circa 1990s, true history of Colston revealed

3:25 in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter protests

3:50 group pushed Colston statue into the harbor then a prosecution of four individuals

4:05 restorative justice by others with community penalty

4:15 Colston 4 jury trial

4:45 Elected for a Crown Court jury trial and were acquitted

5:30 Conservatives and those in the government, including the cabinet, expressed surprise at the verdict

6:30 UK Attorney General considered whether to send the case to the appeal court to consider whether there was an error of law in the direction of the jury

8:30 bill going through Parliament with a provision to increase the potential sentence for criminal damage against a public monument

8:55 bill means that for criminal damage against a memorial or public monument with value under 5000 pounds, maximum sentence magistrates can impose will be three months in prison

9:50 proposed bill is to remove financial threshold and make maximum sentence 10 years

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