A statue of Britain's most renowned leader Winston Churchill has been vandalized in London as protesters turned out to speak against racism.
The
vandalism came on the anniversary of D-Day when allied forces --
partially led by Churchill -- stormed the beaches of Normandy during
World War II.
Footage online showed the bottom of the statue
bearing neon green graffiti that read "ACAB," which stands for "all cops
are b-------."While it's unclear who the perpetrator was, many blamed the protesters and called out the police for not doing more to protect the statue. Police eventually surrounded the statue in an apparent attempt to protect it from further defacement in Parliament Square, where thousands of protesters had gathered, according to The Sun.
Others criticized the police for not preventing the incident. Conservative commentator Darren Grimes tweeted: "The statue of Sir Winston Churchill, the man who guided our nation through its darkest hour, recognized as one of the greatest ever Britons, has been defaced. Where are the police?"
Some, however, seemed to excuse the vandalism by describing Churchill as a racist.
