Sir William Macpherson RIP who made a major contribution to race and justice in this country, in how he conducted his inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, and its lessons for our society. https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/tributes-paid-sir-william-macpherson-judge-who-presided-over-stephen-lawrence-inquiry-3135043
Tributes paid to Sir William Macpherson, judge who presided over Stephen Lawrence inquiry

Tributes have been paid to Sir William Macpherson, the clan chief and judge who presided over the damning inquiry into the police investigation of the murder of Stephen Lawrence.

https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/tributes-paid-sir-william-macpherson-judge-who-presided-over-stephen-lawrence-inquiry-3135043
Macpherson was reviewing a racist murder and the injustice of the failure to bring its perpetrators to justice. This powerful passage reflected on the apparent impunity of the prime suspects and the lessons of the crime.
From my personal reflection on the Stephen Lawrence case, and the legacy of the inquiry, written at the time of the 2012 conviction of two of the murderers. https://www.britishfuture.org/why-we-will-remember-stephen-lawrence/
The murder of Stephen Lawrence shocked the nation.

The murder of Stephen Lawrence shocked a nation. Sunder Katwala reflects on his own experience of living on Eltham's Well Hall Road.

https://www.britishfuture.org/why-we-will-remember-stephen-lawrence/
This is a great thread from @hm_hashi in memory of Sir William Macpherson https://twitter.com/hm_hashi/status/1361297794208837633?s=19
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