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Stephen Lawrence became murdered in Eltham on 22 April 1993. He became 18 years used. The Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has launched an announcement on the 30th anniversary of his death.
Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said: “Thirty years on from Stephen’s murder, we offer our sympathies to the Lawrence household on their unbelievable loss. He became a dearly loved son and brother who became taken from them far too soon and in such mindless situations.
“Their dignified fight for justice, conducted in the tension of the public stumble on with unwavering determination over so decades, continues to be a provide of inspiration for us and so many.
“On behalf of the Metropolitan Police, I apologise once more for our past failings that can delight in made the pain of losing a loved one all the extra refined to endure.
“This anniversary, which closely follows the stark findings of the Casey Evaluation, prompts us to shut, to consider and to grasp honestly on how policing has responded to the wanted calls for alternate that delight in punctuated the past 30 years.
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“This failing has undermined the abilities of our extra and extra numerous group and compromised the belief of Londoners and our capacity to protect them from crime.
“We delight in now let Dark communities down. They if truth be told feel over policed and under protected. We’re accrued no longer sufficiently representative of London, Dark officers and workers accrued face discrimination and are no longer in any admire times sufficiently supported to development inner the Met. There are disproportionalities and systemic biases in our consume of policing ways and our relief to victims of crime.
“We’re deeply sorry for these failings.
“The responsibility for righting these wrongs, restoring the relationship with these communities and supporting our Dark colleagues to succeed starts with these of us in positions of leadership nevertheless it continues thru every contaminated and function in our organisation.
“I and the true majority of our officers are resolved to lastly map the Met determinedly anti-racist and anti-discrimination of all types.”