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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.
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, sir mark says:
about the new evidence and the met�*s response. we knew there was five, possibly six, and now we know that there was six and the one that's just passed away, he's probably the key one who probably caused stephen's murder. and they did nothing about it. we showed not everything possible was done before the murder 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
does the nypd have for that to be a repeat of last week? >> i'm the commissioner. the one thing i will remind you of even on the first day we were asked to be on campus if you saw how we conducted ourselves that day it was remarkable. it was done with very minimal contact. and most people who observed that complicated the nypd. >> so let me clear up one point. when it comes to the university's internal rules about tents and how and when students can gather, those are university rules, right? we are not the enforcers of those rules. when we went in -- >> harris: we'll split screen with that for a second and want to bring back andrew cherkasky. i wanted to talk to you about this. i thought it would be later this week. this happened now, andrew.