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Colston 4 judgment: ’The government is tearing up our protest rights’

The Colston Four were acquitted earlier this year after tearing down the Colston statue. But a Court of Appeal judgment means protesters will be less likely to receive similar protections in future.

‘The city needs to heal’: Cable readers on what should happen now, following the ‘Colston 4’ trial

‘A monumental moment in history’: Cable readers react to the Colston 4 being cleared

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Watch: Reactions to Colston 4 verdict after defendants walk free from court

Following the landmark trial's conclusion, this video captures the moment the defendants walked free, and reactions from those involved.

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Colston 4 found not guilty of criminal damage to slave trader’s statue

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Colston statue dumped in harbour so council wouldn’t put it back up, defendant tells court

Descendant of enslaved person says Colston’s statue remaining in place was ‘profoundly shameful’

The act ‘centred’ a global conversation about Britain’s role in the slave trade, she told the trial of the Colston 4.

Colston ‘heavily involved’ in Britain’s most prolific slave trading company, David Olusoga tells statue-toppling trial

The historian gave expert evidence as a witness for the defence in the trial of the so-called Colston 4.

Pulling down ‘monument to racism’ was right thing to do, Colston toppling trial hears

Trial day 3: The presence of the slave trader’s statue was like a hate crime, a defendant told the jury

Council failed to consider removing slaver’s statue despite ‘great concerns’, trial of Colston 4 hears

Trial day 2: The monument brought Bristol ‘face to face with painful, shameful aspects’ of its past, the court heard.

Colston statue was ‘abhorrent offence’ to city, toppling trial hears

Trial day 1: Prosecutors told the court that the fact Colston was a slaver was ‘wholly irrelevant’ to the case.

How do you feel about the not guilty verdict of the Colston 4?

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