22 abr 1993 año - Stephen Lawrence is murdered

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On 22 April 1993, Stephen Lawrence, an 18-year-old Black man, was stabbed to death at a bus stop in Eltham, south-east London by a group of White youths in an unprovoked, racist attack. Within three days of Stephen’s death, prime suspects had been identified. However, they were not arrested until two weeks later, and subsequently were not charged, due to ‘insufficient evidence’. The failure to capture the men who killed Stephen provoked outrage, not only with Stephen’s family, but with the wider Black community, and others across the country. Stephen’s parents began a campaign to shame the authorities into finding those responsible and to re-evaluate their racial attitudes. The fallout of Stephen’s murder, and the way it was handled by the police showed a huge cultural shift in attitudes towards racism and the police, and to the law and police practice within the country. The case would continue to be open for years to come.

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