© Licensed to London News Pictures; 12/07/2020; Bristol, UK. JUDAH ADUNBI, also known as RAS JUDAH, a former race relations advisor with Avon and Somerset police who was tasered in the face by police in 2017 in a case of mistaken identity, speaks at a protest rally by All Black Lives Bristol in Eastville Park. The event features a diverse group of speakers including spoken word performance, and representation from black-led businesses, charities and organisations in the city. All Black Lives Bristol is part of All Black Lives UK which is separate from the Black Lives Matter Activist Coalition, and are not affiliated with either Black Lives Matter USA or the political arm of the Black Lives Matter (Activist Coalition) UK who are purported to be affiliated with BLM USA.<br />
Five people behind Bristol’s All Black Lives movement organised the protest that made headlines around the world.when Colston’s statue was toppled from its plinth, dragged through the city centre and thrown into Bristol Harbour, though they did not organise what happened to the statue that day. The protest on 07 June was in protest for the memory of George Floyd, a black man who was killed on May 25, 2020 in Minneapolis in the US by a white police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly 9 minutes. The killing of George Floyd has seen widespread protests in the US, the UK and other countries. Photo credit: Simon Chapman/LNP.