The Colour of Justice

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Summary: One of the most shocking books you will ever read
Review: This book is made up from some of the many transcripts of the Stephen Lawrence enquiry. The editor has picked out a selection of interviews and testimonies that make up this horrifying but riveting read about the senseless murder of the Black British teenager Stephen Lawrence. Chronicalling the inept mismanagement of the murder enquiry from the word go by the British Police, the anguish of Stephen's parents, and the uniting of Jews, Asian and Blacks in their bid to get to the truth, this book strives to give an overall view of a case that shocked a nation. Stephen Lawrence died because he was Black. He was murdered in the most cruel and callous way possible by a group of young men who to this day have not been bought to trial. This book sets out to show the world "the colour of British justice," and how it does not necessarily always apply to ethnic minorities. The book is not a condemnation of all things "White", it shows compassion too in the form of the man who stayed with Stephen and whispered in his ear as he lay dying, "you are loved, remember you are loved" and the rose tree he planted in his garden, nourished by the blood he washed off his hands after the incident. "The Colour of Justice" is so very shocking because it is true and it is for this very reason that this book should be in every school library in the country, not to condemn but to teach the next generation that "the colour of justice," should be the colour of equality.

24th July 2002

Two of the suspects involved in the Stephen Lawrence's murder have just been found guilty of a racially motivated attack on a Black off duty Metropolitan Police Officer. A leopard so it seems never changes its spots.