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tv   After Colston  BBC News  October 4, 2020 6:45pm-7:01pm BST

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his arms in the air. however, he didn't see the yellow and blackjersey coming past him. roglic the winner by millimetres. a reminder of our top story. tottenham have battered manchester united 6—1 at old trafford. a favourable return tojose mourniho‘s old club, celebrations from goal—scorers heung min—son and harry kane. but with united down to 16th in the table — there will be serious questions for ole gunner solskjaer to answer. that's all from sportsday.
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bristol moves to its own beat. and cole of the city. known to his fence is bushmaster, amari cole saw the downfall of colston is a defining moment. so, in the city of protest, what change, if any, can come from this? and with the leave bristol united or divided? it meant a lot
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because it felt like, the people made the decision as opposed to listening to politics and all of the basics, how do the people feel and they showed how they felt, basically. it was good. five proud. do you think anything has changed?” would say no. i would say nothing is changed really, we're still in the same place. i think people are a bit more aware of the circumstances, but ultimately, nothing has changed. it's still the same, man. amari cole has followed and his mother 's footsteps. fighting for the community and on the 7th ofjune, she saw her son making a speech.” thought it would be proud. i have always been out there in the community and i remember when always been out there in the community and i rememberwhen he used to say to me, mum, you could do community work and where is that you
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and to see him start thinking, this isn't right after this the compounded. as i got older, i started to think that the responsibility falls on me is the next generation. it's for people like me to keep this going because you can't do this forever. it's like generation after generation, the same old battle. changes have been made, for he did not have the bristol boycott the carnival, what we re we bristol boycott the carnival, what were we today? action is what there is not enough of, conversations with there is plenty of. the fall of colston was not without its critics. a week later, there was a counter protest from the all lives matter group who claimed they wanted to protect the senator. and taking
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centre stage was a scaffold from ha rd centre stage was a scaffold from hard cliff. the anger made me do the things i've done. it was a moment of met this, caught up in the moment and why are you done that was for my owi'i reasons and why are you done that was for my own reasons and and why are you done that was for my owfi reasons and no one and why are you done that was for my own reasons and no one else's. not foran own reasons and no one else's. not for an all lives matter protest, i was that the protest i didn't want to bea was that the protest i didn't want to be a good, but there was someone who tried to defend the war memorial in they were marched off by the police because they're being shouted, nazis, first st. that is what i was mad at. the part there. we are proud of our history, we find more wars, my granddad fun it and i am proud of him and it saddened me very much to see his memory treated in that way —— fought. nobody wants racism or homophobia or sexism. what didl racism or homophobia or sexism. what did i actually do those racist? i
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stood on the area with my british flag and defended a war memorial. no racist words left my mouth. and that's what it takes to defend a memorial, so be it. i don't like it, but i haven't done anything in which wave which was racist. what happens when two people take a stand? literally, someone was saying that they're pulling it down and by the timei they're pulling it down and by the time i got there was gone. additional by the statute before hand ? additional by the statute beforehand? i knew. i never knew that colston was that or anything like what he had done. so when it was done, and there during the, ghost is how things were done about and how terrorising it was. but at
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the same time, people are upset that the same time, people are upset that the statue contract to the city or whatever, but then you have to think, how many peoples lives has that guy ruined? and how many people are still feeling the effects of that today was green if there was a vote put in place to put the statue down, i wouldn't care about it and i don't think i don't think 90% of down, i wouldn't care about it and i don't think i don't think 9096 of the community would care about it. no one cared about it. but what went on that day. there been petitions for yea rs that day. there been petitions for years to get that statue removed and they've been ignored. that's fine. but it's still not going to change the history, all it's done is prodded to light. you're saying that there is no change, but there is the perfect time of opportunity to change and be. because effectively, i'm just about my community. i am about these children coming up and not having to experience and go to some the stuff that i have had to go through when i was shown to be able
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to give them a better chance and an opportunity to flourish. this blm thing, it hasjust opportunity to flourish. this blm thing, it has just become a trend in a fashion, everyone is like blm, whatever. but they're not actually dealing with anything, you see what i'm saying? and as a white person, i am thinking, where the going to smash up. i don't care about that all lives matter stuff, i don't see the sensitive. i attended the just for the thing along. i apologise for that, did not do that is being a racist by got made to look like a racist. i wasjust racist by got made to look like a racist. i was just there racist by got made to look like a racist. i wasjust there because of thoughts of passionate.” racist. i wasjust there because of thoughts of passionate. i don't feel like there's any, i don't feel any way towards you because you've done what you've done and cannot take it back. where are you going to go from here? you know what i mean) about what you have done. and that is why i'm here, to meet you. as is
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offensive to me, this it was barbaric and racist, but i did not mean it, then say one racist were doing anything like that, but i was being portrayed as such and it worries me. because you stood on the thing. obviously, at that time, you felt like you need to be heard you wa nt to felt like you need to be heard you want to get your point across, yeah? yeah. on the statue came down, i felt like i need to get my point across and i stood up there and i spoke. i did not even know that you climbed up on there as well. so i can really condemn you for that because i wasn't there myself and.” don't feel so bad right now.” because i wasn't there myself and.” don't feel so bad right now. i went up don't feel so bad right now. i went up there and ijust don't feel so bad right now. i went up there and i just spoke from the heart, man. i am going to watch that speech. i am not angry at you, i am
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angry at the system, you understand, the system that we have to grow up m, the system that we have to grow up in, the educational system, the police constabulary system. i do not know how it was for you growing up, but for me, i used to get stopped and searched all the time. when i was younger, i did get arrested a few times, but owsley for things that were my fault. i can see those really stopped and searched of the time. that isjust really stopped and searched of the time. that is just one really stopped and searched of the time. that isjust one example, when i used to apply forjobs here, i still apply forjobs i used to apply forjobs here, i still apply for jobs my middle i used to apply forjobs here, i still apply forjobs my middle name because my first name is amari but my middle name is liam, which sounds more english. i would know what that is like because i've discovered typical english name. even the school system, we know itjust doesn't really work. homes are so broken everywhere. homes are broken, families are broken and it's hard trying to fix it in school because
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the kids are so many problems at home and sending them to home, they cannot —— sending them to school, they can concentrate. all he learned about in school was my history, and that i was basically a slave that basically that there was a place called ancient egypt and they didn't even tell me it was in africa, even growing up as young person, they don't give you anything to hold yourself in a high regard. so, from a young age, you feel very beaten on. i never thought of it that way, i never sat down and spoke and asked anyone. ijust i never sat down and spoke and asked anyone. i just thought i never sat down and spoke and asked anyone. ijust thought ijust didn't think, to be honest, from your point of view. even just like think, to be honest, from your point of view. evenjust like me think, to be honest, from your point of view. even just like me and you, there are a lot of things that you've learned and there's a lot of things i have learned. if more people did this, do you think that people's, like, it would broaden their horizons? do you feel that from seeing me from the things i've
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donein from seeing me from the things i've done in meeting me today, dphil again different to how you see me as well? to be honest, i didn't even have an opinion of you because of that. i didn't. have an opinion of you because of that. ididn't. because have an opinion of you because of that. i didn't. because i know that things are always deeper than the surface. so, the hostess a surface level of them seeing you. i do not know the ins and outs and i cannot really make a judgement on that, you know it i'm saying? i can take heart made me feel, but i can't condemn you. i was very ignorant to what was expecting and that kind of open my eyes for me and so, i think i was a bitjudgemental on, eyes for me and so, i think i was a bit judgemental on, i thought eyes for me and so, i think i was a bitjudgemental on, i thought he was thinking he was coming to me as a ha rd core thinking he was coming to me as a hardcore racist or something. like i was going to be like a national front member or something. coming down with two people with the purchase, since my girlfriend if
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they check me in the water, i am not going to be happy. visions of being chucked into the docks. maybe, was a bit ignorant of that. so, so, yeah. i apologise for that and i'm glad i mention. you. i'm really happy. those really interesting experience andi those really interesting experience and i really enjoyed it, listening to his views and giving them some knowledge of my background in finding common ground and actually just having a conversation because i feel like, it's been an argument for so feel like, it's been an argument for so long where we actually had a civilized conversation and so people can meet and talk and find ways to, you know, understand each of the better. so, yeah, man. hopefully the change will come and people will follow suit. hello. it has been so wet in the
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past three days but some places i've already had their october average rainfall. numerous flood warnings enforced in those may well start to increase as he makes his way to the systems. lots of standing water in flooded roads, bbc local radio will have more for you. you can see where the rain is, pretty heavy rains across parts of scotland and northern ireland and we seen a bit of sunshine but generally speaking, iran continues to rotate around the area of low pressure, perhaps becoming a bit more fragmented, more showering if you like, but over be a bit cloudy. still windy and windy and western and southern areas in northwestern and southern areas so not particularly a court night, but some nastiness in the earlier areas. some persistent rain but the chance of more persistent rain in parts of england in particular, but give it a bit more sunshine elsewhere, it will be slightly warmer.
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