30 years later, little progress made in confronting racism in British policing after Stephen Lawrence's murder.

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30 years later, little progress made in confronting racism in British policing after Stephen Lawrence's murder.
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A new government report has found that the London Metropolitan Police Service is still institutionally racist, 30 years after the racially motivated murder of Black teenager Stephen Lawrence. Despite decades of promises, reviews, and reforms, little has changed. The report has been criticized for failing to result in lasting and substantive reform of the Met Police. Black people in the UK are seven times more likely to die from police restraint than White people, according to statistics compiled by Inquest.

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