Statue about black slaves in Brussels courthouse under fire: “What signal is the court sending with this despicable image?” | Brussels

In the Brussels courthouse, a statue with the title ‘Runaway black slaves surprised by dogs’ is provoking controversy, RTBF reports. The Collectif Memoire Coloniale et Lutte Contre Les Discriminations (CMCLD) asks the State Secretary for the Buildings Agency, Mathieu Michel (MR), to remove the “despicable” statue.