Anti-racism protesters scrawled "was a racist" on the statue of the wartime British Prime Minister in Parliament Square during Black Lives Matter protests on Sunday

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A person cleans graffitis from the statue of Winston Churchill at Parliament Square, in the aftermath of protests against the death of George Floyd, in London, Britain

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Activists surrounded the monument and jeered "Churchill was a racist", despite others intervening to protect it from further defacement.

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A council employee cleans graffiti from the statue of Winston Churchill at Parliament Square

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The same statue was also defaced with green graffiti during a huge anti-racism rally on Saturday, the 76th anniversary of D-Day

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