This Tuesday 23 June, the statue of Colbert in front of the national Assembly has been vandalized. In fact, it has been partially covered in red paint and registration as " négrophobie of State ". Sources parliamentarians have been entrusted to the Agence France-Presse that the author of the degradation had been arrested.
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Minister of Louis XIV, Colbert is considered to be at the initiative of the black Code, drawn up in 1685 and which has been legislated on slavery in the French colonies. On Tuesday, the statue, which is located at the foot of the national Assembly in Paris had been covered with red paint in the torso and legs, while " négrophobie State " has been entered with the same material on the base, reported to sources, parliamentarians, confirming information from Overseas-the 1st. A video posted on Twitter by the " Brigade antinégrophobie "shows the author of the tag to be arrested by the police and justify: " that is forbidden, it is racism. This man (Colbert, editor's note) made the apology to the négrophobie ".
The statue of general Faidherbe vandalized Lille
In the wake of the protests, anti-racism in the world following the death of the American George Floyd, monuments and statues related to the history of French colonialism or the slave trade find themselves again at the centre of a controversy about historical memory. The pedestal of the statue of general Faidherbe in the centre of Lille, has been tagged Sunday, of the words " colon and " assassin " inscribed in red, following a demonstration to demand his withdrawal from the public space.
