This is the powerful moment a protester jumped onto the pedestal where the statue of Edward Colston stood in Bristol moments after it was ripped down.

The clip, filmed today (June 7) shows the moment a protester climbed onto the ledge during the Black Lives Matter protest to make a speech about equality.

"I know this moment will feel so black and white, I know that but we are not about a divide, this moment is about what? It's about unity!" the man can be heard saying in the video.

During the Bristol black lives matter protest, the statue of Edward colston was torn down. Black men and women then took to the pedastal to make speeches about equality. This part of the speech was about unity.