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politics2 years ago•10 min saved

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

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.

via CNN|

#institutional-racism #police-reform #politics

politics2 years ago•6 min saved

Stephen Lawrence's mother brands London's Met Police as rotten to the core.

The Casey Review has found evidence of continuing systemic racism in the UK's biggest police force, the Metropolitan Police, against both staff and the public. The report comes 24 years after the Macpherson Report, which exposed institutional racism in the Met after the racially-motivated killing of Stephen Lawrence. The Casey Review found black Londoners remained "over-policed and under-protected", and said those from an ethnic minority background were more likely to be stopped and searched, handcuffed, batoned and Tasered, creating a situation where trust and consent have been eroded. The report also found widespread evidence of homophobia and misogyny within the Met.

via BBC|

#casey-review #institutional-racism #mark-rowley