Duwayne Brooks was by now all too aware of how serious Stephen's injuries actually were. He ran to a phone box and frantically called for an ambulance, but was angry when shortly after a police car not a team of medics arrived at the scene. ibid.
In the following days the Lawrences at home grieving for their son were also beginning to have doubts about the direction of the police investigation. ibid.
They were inundated with leads pointing the finger of suspicion at a gang of white youths who had been terrorising Eltham ... Nothing was done. ibid.
The interviews represented another missed opportunity. ibid.
The Macpherson Report was published in February 1999 and concluded the police investigation into Stephen's murder was marred by a combination of professional incompetence, institutional racism and a failure of leadership by senior officers. ibid.
The Lawrence Inquiry would go on and have a dramatic effect on Britain. ibid.
An undercover cop reveals all about Britain’s police spies. For decades undercover agents have infiltrated political campaigns and protest groups. Dispatches: The Police’s Dirty Secret, Channel 4 2013
A top secret special branch division called the Special Demonstration Squad, or SDS. ibid.
Peter rose to become a branch secretary of Youth Against Racism in Europe. ibid.
He and other police spies were in fact looking for intelligence that could discredit the family [Lawrence] and the campaign. ibid.
Whilst the Met were supposed to be catching Stephen’s killers, they were also secretly collecting intelligence that could be used to smear her family and the campaign. ibid.
Police spies continue to operate in protest groups. ibid.
It’s almost as if they are condoning what these people are doing. Doreen Lawrence
They weren’t interested in catching his killers at all. Doreen Lawrence
Of all the things I have found out over the years this has certainly topped it [Police spying on Lawrence family]. Doreen Lawrence
They ran out and hit him with an iron bar. Why would they do that? The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, rozzer, 1999
They have the right to conduct a post-mortem as well. ibid. family liaison rozzer
There have been three others. ibid. journalist at press conference
A lot of people on the estate know who they are. ibid. woman to Lawrence family
We cannot respond to this kind or any kind of political pressure. ibid.
Everybody knows who these boys are. ibid. Lawrence to rozzers
The Crown Prosecution Service ruled there is insufficient evidence against them. ibid. BBC news
It is quite plain from the papers who did it. And it is quite plain from the papers the police completely bungled the investigation. In the forty-eight hours after the killing dozens of people called the police and always gave them a combination of the same names. ibid. QC
I saw them come running across the road. ibid. witness
[Lawrence family] Lost their private prosecution for murder. ibid. BBC news
They set about investigating him and us. ibid. Mrs Lawrence at inquest
The family liaison officers refuse to accept the murder was purely racially motivated. ibid.
The inquiry chairman calls the internal police review of the case ‘indefensible’. ibid
It is Britain’s most famous unsolved murder and continues to be a blot on the social conscience of the country. Mark Daly, The Boys Who Killed Stephen Lawrence, BBC 2006
The original police investigation was hampered by a corrupt senior detective. ibid.
Despite the flurry of early tip-offs no arrests were made. ibid.
Weapons linked to the suspects were found in several locations. ibid.
The gang had a remarkable ability to escape conviction. ibid.
A number of officers were criticised; this man – Detective Sergeant John Davidson – was singled out for a stinging rebuke; he had even refused to accept it had been a racist murder. ibid.
Witness B wasn’t the only person to see the gang that night. ibid.
John Davidson is a bent copper. ibid.
The injustice of double jeopardy would come into sharp focus in another very public case: Stephen Lawrence … The inquiry set up after the failure to convict Stephen Lawrence’s killers published a scathing report. Catching Britain’s Killers: The Crimes that Changed Us II, BBC 2019
Lies, spies, cover-ups and corruption ... sickening extent of Stephen’s betrayal by the police is exposed. Daily Mail 7th March 2014
My son’s been murdered and none of these officers, the justice system, the politicians – nobody cared. Stephen: The Murder that Changed a Nation I: The Loss of Joy, Doreen, BBC 2018
On 22nd April 1993 Stephen Lawrence was killed near the Well Hall Road roundabout by a gang of white youths. 25 years later his murder is still being investigated. ibid.
All I wanted to do is get Justice for Stephen. ibid. Doreen
I was a very strict mum. He said to me, ‘Mum, you care too much.’ ibid.
You just go through the motion of being there. ibid.
I couldn’t imagine what it was like on her end of the phone. Stephen: The Murder that Changed a Nation II: The System, Imran Khan, solicitor
May 1993: After numerous tip-offs, the police arrest a gang of white youths. July 1993: The charges against the suspects are dropped. ibid.
It’s the system, the institution, society – the system which Doreen is railing against. ibid. solicitor
Neil Accourt: I think every nigger should be chopped up, mate. ibid. surveillance
We are going to take the case up ourselves, win or lose. ibid.
I was totally consumed with grief. ibid. Neville
It’s anger that’s kept me going so far. ibid. Doreen
Murderers: The Mail accuses these men of killing. If we are wrong, let them sue us. ibid. Daily Mail front page
They [police] did nothing to help him. ibid. Doreen
Lawrence: Amazing Trail of Blunders By Police: Inquiry opens with catalogue of errors. ibid. Daily Mail
Inquiry Chairman Accuses ‘Racists’: Lawrence police should ‘stop making excuses’: The police were accused of ‘institutionalised racism’ by the chairman of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry yesterday. ibid. Daily Mail
We let them down. Stephen: The Murder that Changed a Nation III, rozzer
I didn’t set out to make a difference. We were pushed into a limelight. I didn’t have a choice. ibid. Doreen
Macpherson Report: I remember it as if it was yesterday. A fucking kick in the bollocks for any white man that was. ibid. police recruit
That corrupt detective was John Davidson. ibid. rozzer
Two men have finally been jailed for his murder. ibid.