Four-and-a-half years after the Stephen Lawrence inquiry the police should be less racist and more capable

Four-and-a-half years after the Stephen Lawrence inquiry the police should be less racist and more capable of stamping on that sort of thing before recruits are out.. The head of the Home Office wrote to the BBC’s chairman, Gavyn Davies, to protest at the undercover “deceit” used in last week’s documentary on racism in the police, it emerged last night. John Gieve, the Permanent Secretary at the Home Office, wrote to Mr Davies on 12 September protesting about the methods used by the undercover reporter Mark Daly in “The Secret Policeman”. The revelation that the letter had been written led to further suggestionsthat the Government was attempting to bully the BBC ­ a criticism levelled in the David Kelly affair. Mr Gieve accused the BBC of using “a degree of deceit that might be necessary in dealing with a totalitarian regime”. He accused Mr Daly of “misleading” his police manager and other recruits.

Mr Daly used a hidden camera to secretly film police recruits making racist remarks at Bruche police training centre in Cheshire. Greater Manchester police is expected to drop charges against Mr Daly, who was arrested in August for allegedly earning a police salary with deception, falsifying his job application and damaging police property ­ after cutting a hole for his secret camera in his stab-proof vest. I’m afraid Britain is getting more racist despite the hard work done by the Lawrence family There is a great amount of racism out there. Children learn colour through adults, and adults should refrain from teaching children the colour of a human being’s skin.Dr Richard Stone Served on Stephen Lawrence inquiry panelWe have woken up to racism Doreen and Neville Lawrence educated Britain.

I see the backlash in the police service, with officers saying: “Enough’s enough, we’ve done our bit in order to correct things.” For me, personal racism is always there, whether it’s the way in which you’re perceived, judged and stereotyped, from walking down the street to moving in decision-making circles where you may feel you’re not being valued as an equal team member.Lucy Cope Founder of Mothers against GunsMy son was subjected to a racist attack at a club in London two weeks ago He has severe injuries. The success of the BNP is another indication that we haven’t come a long way at all. This has caused us to take a real step back into behaving negatively. If you go to Leeds prison and look at the 200 staff, there’s only one Asian.

I go into many schools with a high number of black pupils, but this isn’t reflected by the number of teachers. The only time you see black posters of Martin Luther King is when you have Ofsted coming.Lord Herman Ouseley President of the Local Government Association, and chairman of Kick it Out Racism is much more subtle now, like the way the tabloids peddle lies against asylum-seekers I’m challenging racism all the time We’re trying to unearth it in football with Kick It Out I’ve experienced racism on many occasions. Positive discrimination can sow anger, it can be damaging and detrimental. Black and minority groups want fair treatment to help us with training and education.