![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/stephen-lawrence-murder-mother-shares-lessons-on-overcoming-grief/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/127558926_de26.jpg&description=Media caption, Baroness Lawrence: "Grief can be a very lonely place"Not much has changed in the Metropolitan Police since the death of Stephen Lawrence in 1993, his mother Doreen has said.As the 30th anniversary of his murder approaches, Baroness Lawrence said the wrong attitudes were still common among London police officers.The mother of two also spoke about how her 18-year-old son's murder still feels like it happened yesterday.In a new online course, she is sharing her advice on overcoming grief.Baroness Lawrence told the BBC that the police did not protect her family after her son was killed in an unprovoked and racially motivated attack in Eltham, south-east London, on 23 April 1993.Two white suspects were charged in the summer of that year but the case was soon dropped, with prosecutors saying the evidence was not reliable.The killing reignited debates about policing and racial discrimination.Image caption, Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attackIn 1999, the Macpherson Report was published. It found there was "institutional racism" within the Metropolitan Police.In 2011, two men accused of the teenager's murder went on trial after a review of forensic evidence found Mr Lawrence's DNA on the defendants' clothes. They were convicted and received life sentences.Gary Dobson was jailed for a minimum of 15 years and two months and David Norris for at least 14 years and three months.The Met said that the force had changed a lot since the 1990s. The new Commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has introduced several reforms he says will uphold police integrity.But Baroness Lawrence said that she still did not believe London's black community was any better protected by the police today.She wants to see the Met make real change and better address the issues of misogyny and racism that often surface.Sir Mark, who began his role as Met Police commissioner in September, may not understand the scale of race-related issues in the capital, Baroness Lawrence beli){kind=link}
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Baroness Lawrence: “Grief can be a very lonely place”
Not much has changed in the Metropolitan Police since the death of Stephen Lawrence in 1993, his mother Doreen has said.
As the 30th anniversary of his murder approaches, Baroness Lawrence said the wrong attitudes were still common among London police officers.
The mother of two also spoke about how her 18-year-old son’s murder still feels like it happened yesterday.