Is This Closure On The Stephen Lawrence Case?
The conviction yesterday of Gary Dobson and David Norris for the murder of Stephen Lawrence, only brings a closure to another chapter in the story of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence.
I doubt though this will be the end of it, as too many with vested interests on all sides will not be able to let matters lie.
The Anonymous Widower 
It is a shame that, even after these convictions, Stephen will still not be allowed to rest in peace.
This is only the end of one chapter and many questions will undoubtedly follow, such as Why was such important forensic evidence allowed to be contaminated and then ignored for so long? And has the attitude of the police to such racially motivated crimes really changed that much?
Comment by Pressure Beat Sound System | January 4, 2012 |
I don’t think Stephen will rest in peace, but I hope he does. I’ve searched the web this morning and I don’t like what I see on certain non-mainstream sites.
I think a lot of the problem with evidence in cases like this, is much more of a cock-up than any deliberate conspiracy. I have known quite a few Met officers over the years and they have always said, they don’t get the resources that say some county forces get. Having seen some of their computer systems, a lot of the back office functions are going to cause problems too. But then you can name the number of good government computer systems on the fingers of one hand! I heard a strory once about a Chief Constable saying he wanted the best computer system money could buy, but he didn’t want any other force to have it. Where I used to live in Suffolk, the murder of the two girls in Soham, was partly caused by two police forces not talking to each other.
So the first thing I’d do to improve the Police is give them all the same computer system, so that if say an officer moved for family reasons, they wouldn’t need too much training to be an effective officer in a different force. I bet all Tescos have the same computer system in each store.
But coming from Suffolk, where nearly all the officers live near their jobs, I often wonder how many Met officers live in the city. If they did, this fact alone, should make them much better officers, as they’d know much more how the man on the Clapham omnibus feels.
After all, you don’t get much of a feel for an area, if all you ever do is rush around with the sirens blaring.
Comment by AnonW | January 4, 2012 |