This is a sad story that needs to be told but what irks me is that these rare standout stories get priority over the wall of silence that goes on in the black community consistently for decades that prevents any sort of investigation and justice for many, many more black people. And to be honest Mrs Lawrence is now in a position to at least get the ball rolling on that injustice as well as what happened to her son.
Why are right wingers so defensive about the murder of Stephen Lawrence? He was demonized on here by right wingers as a drug dealer. Why are they so eager to believe that sort of thing?
Corrupt cops trying to protect racist murderers is a pretty serious issue. Yet talking about it inspires defensive whataboutism.