Scout leaders today saluted the statue of Robert Baden-Powell as they formed a human shield to stop it from being removed over his ‘Nazi sympathies’. Robert Baden-Powell was honoured with the memorial in Poole, Dorset, 12 years ago - with critics now calling for it to be pulled down over concerns he was racist, homophobic and a supporter of Adolf Hitler.
But former Scouts and locals have today staged their own protest this morning after the statue appeared on a Black Lives Matter hit-list.
Activists have drawn up the "Topple the Racists" list of monuments they want removed from around the UK after demonstrations were sparked over the death of George Floyd in the US.
Protests in Bristol already saw the toppling of a statue of slave trader Edward Colston, with the memorial to Winston Churchill controversially daubed with the word "racist".
And Scouts, dressed in their full uniforms, today saluted in front of the figure of Sir Baden-Powell in Dorset as supporters formed a human shield around the statue.
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Scout leaders salute Baden-Powell statue and try to stop council removing it over ‘Nazi sympathies’
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