Workers remove a controversial statue of Captain John Fane Charles
Hamilton from Civic Square in Hamilton, New Zealand on June 12, 2020, following
a formal request by the Waikato-Tainui iwi (tribal confederation) and threats
it would be torn down during a Black Lives Matter march due to take place the
following day.
The statue of Hamilton, a British military commander who led a
detachment against Maori during the Battle of Gate Pa in 1864, was removed as
statues of colonial figures in Britain, Belgium and the United States were
toppled by demonstrators amid worldwide protests against police brutality and
racism in the wake of African American George Floyd's killing by a white police
officer.
MICHAEL
BRADLEY, AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
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