Thirty years after Stephen Lawrence was murdered, some are questioning whether the force has changed.
Sayce Holmes-Lewis has offered to work with police to develop training sessions including the use of stop-and-searchIt has been 30 years since the racially motivated murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence in south-east London. Stephen's mother, Baroness Lawrence, believes the Metropolitan Police has
He was nine years old at the time and living in Eltham, the same neighbourhood where Stephen was stabbed to death in a racist attack. At a meeting with community leaders in Brixton in February, he told them it has a cost if done badly. I therefore asked him what he would do differently."How can we work with communities to work out the right mix of tactics? Looking at a more collaborative approach rather than us imposing a tactic."Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley: "We have let Londoners down... the findings are brutal"Conversations, however, can be challenging.
Ch Supt Andy Brittain believes it is about "getting people from the community to come in, and then training our officers about what it is to grow up in Croydon, because very few of my officers grew up in Croydon". However, following engagement with the community, she believes his views are now completely different, and she too feels she has more trust in the police."Fact is the Met Police are institutionally racist," meeting hears, as force opens dialogue with Croydon community leaders
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