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Glasgow Live
Glasgow Live
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Ruth Suter

Glasgow statues targeted by 'racist' group leaving 'White Lives Matter' placards

Banners reading 'White Lives Matter' have been hung around landmarks in Glasgow by a 'racist' group.

The pickets have sparked fury among the public after they appeared in the city centre on Sunday morning. The Queen Victoria and William Gladstone monuments in George Square and the Duke of Wellington on Ingram Street were among the monuments targeted as a counter-protest to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Pictures shared on social media show a group of around eight people standing outside the Gallery of Modern Art with a man in sunglasses holding up one of the signs, reports the Daily Record. Leader of Glasgow City Council, Susan Aitken, was among those to support the action and said that officials will support police with future enforcement if it is deemed necessary.

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