Hello, daniel. it does seem quite surprising that 31 years after the death of stephen lawrence and the met police are still apologising to the lawrence family. it is absolutely the lawrence family. it is absolutely extraordinary. j the lawrence family. it 3 absolutely extraordinary. one of the criticisms that was in the landmark macpherson report 25 years ago was the met s failure around family liaison, the failure to treat the lawrence family, stephen s parents, in the proper way, in a fair way, and we are 25 years on and the met commissioner himself is having to issue an apology today about the treatment and their liaison with the family. the failures by a very serious senior police officer, a deputy commissioner in the met police, he leaves the met pot response to serious crime so this is not a junior officer, this is a senior officer and when we published our investigation last year there was a meeting arranged he leads
The met s response to serious crime. the meeting with her lawyer, imran khan, and they were not happy with what the met were saying and that they would look at the case again. at that point the deputy commissioner was offering to provide more information about their handling of the sixth suspect, including what had previously been communicated to the family because they didn t feel very much had been communicated and then he completely failed to do so, admitted it was a failure and then again failed to do so, that is what has led to the commissioner having to get involved over the last few days. over the last few days. parallel to that, baroness over the last few days. parallel to that, baroness lawrence - over the last few days. parallel to that, baroness lawrence is - over the last few days. parallel to that, baroness lawrence is now. that, baroness lawrence is now calling for the original murder investigation to be reopened. we heard in your report it was closed four years ago. what is the process for that? four years ago. what is the process forthat? how four years ago. what is the process for that? how is that? at how likely is that? that for that? how is that? at how likely is that? for that? how is that? at how likely is that? at the moment the met sa s likely is that? at the moment the met says they likely is that? at the moment the met says they will likely is that? at the moment the met says they will not likely is that? at the moment the met says they will not reopen - likely is that? at the moment the met says they will not reopen it l likely is that? at the moment the i met says they will not reopen it and when they closed the case four years ago this at all viable lines of inquiry had been followed and
With arrest, not them. there were people crossing the road left, right and centre in any direction they wanted to. the incident has led to met chief sir mark rowley apologising twice in three days. he s since been summoned to an urgent meeting today with the mayor of london, sadiq khan. it comes amid calls for the commissioner to resign. sir mark and the met have come under fire for the way pro palestinian marches have been accused of turning london into a no go zone forjewish people. in a bid to mend those relations, he will also speak withjewish groups today. if i remain here, you will arrest me? mr falter has been invited to a private meeting with the met, which he has accepted. louisa pilbeam, bbc news. the prime minister will hold a press conference later, where he is expected to talk about the government s plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda.
Investigation was closed four years ago. baroness lawrence now has a personal message for the met commissioner, sir mark rowley. there s still lines of inquiries for them to follow up on. there s still three suspects out there, and i m sure there s witnesses that probably could help them, if they re interested. so i think that s what i d like to see him do is to instruct his team to follow up on the information, whatever is out there. because if you don t go and look, you re never going to find anything. the officer now responsible for the case, deputy assistant commissioner matt ward, promised baroness lawrence answers last year about the met s handling of the sixth suspect, but failed to provide them. he wrote to her injanuary to say he s ashamed and regretful, and then went silent. last week, her lawyer wrote to the met commissioner himself to complain. now, in a statement to the bbc,
To provide them. he wrote to her injanuary to say he s ashamed and regretful, and then went silent. last week her lawyer wrote to the met commissioner himself to complain. now, in a statement to the bbc, sir mark says: on top of the failures over the decades, this is totally u na cce pta ble. restoring trust in the met is one of my top priorities, and that includes how we work with those affected by the failures of the past. i apologise to baroness lawrence, who must have answers to all her questions. i have written to her and offered to meet. she says she won t settle for the met s failures. i don t think any mother would want to do that. and i m no different. i think all mothers would want to make sure that they re there to support their child if something happened. it s to hold those accountable for what happened to that person. reporter: from the bbc. bleep
Whatever is out there. because if you don t go and look, you re never going to find anything. the officer now responsible for the case, deputy assistant commissioner matt ward, promised baroness lawrence answers last year about the met s handling of the sixth suspect, but failed to provide them. he wrote to her injanuary to say he s ashamed and regretful, and then went silent. last week, her lawyer wrote to the met commissioner himself to complain. now, in a statement to the bbc, sir mark says: she says she won t settle for the met s failures. i don t think any mother would want to do that. and i m no different.
Sense of how challenging this moment is for you both in terms of your ability to police but also your judgment as you judge what is and what isn t a crime. i think several of us can jump in on this. first i will say the nypd is the most adaptable police department in the country if not the globe. we do this on a regular basis while still keeping the other places safe for tourists, special events, protests. this is not abnormal for us. this is not stretching our resources. we re not concerned about that. our biggest concern is to make sure people remain safe in this area but it is not a concern of ours in terms of our ability to respond. in terms of some of the legal challenges i will let the commissioner talk about that. sure. i really appreciate the question. this is very sensitive.
Very small. these are exceptional. to answer your question the command up there has been in close contact. the only nypd assistance they asked for us for us to patrol the outer perimeter of the school. what about the expected protests [inaudible question] . exactly where the commissioner said earlier. it will be the same. if there is a protest anywhere we have to respect people s first amendment rights. however, people should be aware that you cross that line and commit a crime the nypd will respond accordingly. we are aware of potential other protests to this popping up but there is that line between first amendment rights and crimes being committed. sky news here. which of you is the the best to answer this but give us a
There, and i m sure there s witnesses that probably could help them, if they re interested. so i think that s what i d like to see him do, is to instruct his team to follow up on the information, whatever is out there. because if you don t go and look, you re never going to find anything. the officer now responsible for the case, deputy assistant commissioner matt ward, promised baroness lawrence answers last year about the met s handling of the sixth suspect, but failed to provide them. he wrote to her injanuary to say he s ashamed and regretful, and then went silent. last week her lawyer wrote to the met commissioner himself to complain. now, in a statement to the bbc, sir mark says:
Last week, her lawyer wrote to the met commissioner himself to complain. now, in a statement to the bbc, sir mark says: she says she won t settle for the met s failures. i don t think any mother would want to do that. and i m no different. i think all mothers will want to make sure that they re there to support their child if something happened. it s to hold those accountable for what happened to that person. i m from the bbc. bleep. three prime suspects, including brothers neil and jamie acourt, remain free. they ve always denied murder. were you there when stephen lawrence was attacked? - so would you like to see the investigation reopened? definitely so.