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Exclusive: “It’s 2024 - we are years on from Stephen Lawrence’s murder and the MacPherson report highlighting institutional racism within policing,” Azeem Rafiq told The Independent. “Yet, where are we? Not enough has changed.”

It was only last year that the independent Casey review concluded that the Metropolitan Police is institutionally racist, sexist and homophobic. And things have only gotten worse.

At the end of April, just two months ago, we marked 30 years since the murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, who was killed in a racist attack in south-east London in 1993. There was an anniversary memorial service at St Martin-in-the-Fields church and much reflection about how the Metropolitan…

White first came to police attention aftering telling officers he visited the home address of two other suspects on night of murder

Thirty years after the racist murder of his friend, Brooks wants to run the city whose police failed him and so many others – as a Conservative. What makes him think he can do better than Sadiq Khan?

Father speaks out on 30th anniversary of murder as new research shows continuing stop and search inequality

Sir Mark Rowley apologised for failings in the aftermath of the killing which led to the force’s response to it being branded institutionally racist.

This weekend marks 30 years since 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence was murdered in an unprovoked racist attack while waiting for a bus in Eltham, south-east London. In the wake of his killing, and the failure of the initial police investigation, came the landmark 1999 Macpherson Report, which concluded that the Metropolitan…

Mother of teenager killed in racist attack in 1993 says police in London ‘able to be as brutal as they want’