London, Jan 4 (ANI): The British police still remains 'institutionally racist', and their tactics remained biased against the black population, a member of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry panel has claimed.
Dr Richard Stone, one of the four men whose damning conclusions in the 1999 Macpherson report that looked into the killing of the black teenager, led to major changes in UK race relations, identified stop-and-search tactics, which disproportionately target young black men.
He also pointed out the absence of even one serving black or Asian officer above the rank of commander at Scotland Yard.
"The police really haven't moved on when it comes to racism at all. After all that effort that everybody put in, somehow nothing has really changed," Stone told The Independent.
When asked if he thought the Metropolitan Police remained institutionally racist, he said, "I'm afraid so."
Dr Stone was one of the three assistants to Lord Macpherson on the panel whose findings produced a wave of national soul-searching after it said that the UK's biggest force was institutionally racist.
The term was defined as the collective failure to provide proper policing to people because of their colour, culture and ethnic origin. Discrimination was seen through "unwitting prejudice, ignorance, thoughtlessness and racist stereotyping".
Following the report, the Met underwent major changes to the way it conducted murder inquiries, dealt with victims' families and worked with the community. (ANI)
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