Former Met police chief admits surveillance of Stephen Lawrence’s family was institutionally racist
Former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Paul Condon admitted that the surveillance of Stephen Lawrence’s family by undercover officers was institutionally racist. Condon acknowledged systemic failures in controlling the unit responsible for these abuses.
Paul Condon, pictured in 2008, said officers in the unit ‘were told daily as their job to lie, cheat and deceive as a way of life and what they’re asked to do’. Paul Condon, pictured in 2008, said officers in the unit ‘were told daily as their job to lie, cheat and deceive as a way of life and what they’re asked to do’. Spycops scandal Undercover police and policing Former Met police chief admits surveillance of Stephen Lawrence’s family was institutionally racist Paul Condon tells spycops inquiry force failed to properly control unit which committed ‘horrendous’ abuses
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