Police 'held away' from Black Lives Matter protest where statue of Edward Colston was pulled down, court hears
To begin with the atmosphere among the 10,000-strong crowd was "friendly and engaging".
But it descended into "bordering on mass hysteria" when the bronze statue of the Bristol-born merchant was removed, she explained. Rhian Graham, 30, Milo Ponsford, 26, Jake Skuse, 33, and Sage Willoughby, 22, were all later arrested and charged withTogether with "others unknown", they are accused of damaging the statue and plinth of a value unknown without lawful excuse.
Shortly before its removal, PC Heyward said she had seen a group congregating around the statue, climbing on it and passing ropes around it.She radioed her commanding officer to inform them and police began monitoring the situation via council CCTV cameras, while she switched on her body-worn camera."There were chants of 'pull it down, pull it down' from the protesters."The crowd were bordering on mass hysteria, celebrating and jumping on the broken statue on the floor.
Once the statue had been toppled, she informed her commander and carried on policing the remainder of the protest.The trial, which is expected to last two weeks, continues.
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