Doreen Lawrence, whose 18-year campaign for justice finally saw two racist men jailed for the murder of her son Stephen on Tuesday (10/01/2012), has warned that "Britain is still blighted by racism".
Lawrence said in an interview with the Guardian that "thousands of families" were being denied justice by the police, 18 years after they failed to catch the killers of her son, because of "the colour of my skin". Lawrence said that when she was most in need of help from the police after her son's murder, they failed her because of her race: "All I have kept on saying is that I don't want any special treatment, just to be treated as you would want to be treated. When police dealt with me the colour of my skin made a difference."
You can read the full interview here.
You can read the full interview here.
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