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[Lizzie Zoom]

Well...tonights episode was very exciting......and very realistic 

Did I detect the race card being played.......Five white yobs kill an innocent black boy called Lawrence.The police are all racist.

Opti, you don't give up do you. 

The Stephen Lawrence incident happened way back in 1993.  A public inquiry in 1998, headed by Sir William Macpherson, investigated the original Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) investigation and came to the conclusion that the force was institutionally racist.  This is not disputed.   The Metropolitan Police did suffer from internal racialism and then worked hard to correct that situation.  Of course not ALL police are racist, but too many were back then, and some still exist now.  Police forces are very conscious of that and are still working on "Diversity" with training.

So why bring the issue up yet again?

[Doctor Gollum]

Why keep biting? 

[Lizzie Zoom]

Why keep biting? 

Because racists need to be challenged as they go on and on and on if not..........................

It is about time everyone got to live in the 21st century in Britain.

[Shackeng]

I am watching this series, and the incident in the last episode certainly bore a strong similarity to the Lawrence case, so it was certainly implying racism in the police at the time of the incident, which may or may not have been in period with Lawrence. Does that mean the programme was 'playing the race card'?  Hmmm, I don't think so, merely highlighting the 'institutional racism' inherent in the police at the time.(Macpherson report 1999) Let us hope this is no longer the case.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I am watching this series, and the incident in the last episode certainly bore a strong similarity to the Lawrence case, so it was certainly implying racism in the police at the time of the incident, which may or may not have been in period with Lawrence. Does that mean the programme was 'playing the race card'?  Hmmm, I don't think so, merely highlighting the 'institutional racism' inherent in the police at the time.(Macpherson report 1999) Let us hope this is no longer the case.

Yes....agreed. The people who see racism at every turn agreed with this independent report 100%.....and probably rightly so at that time.

Yet, strangely, the most recent independent (2021) report is dismissed as 'whitewash' by the very same people. Some people 'need' for there to be racial conflict. Keir Starmer, Dawn Butler, Diane Abbott, David Lammy. All  were bitterly disappointed rather than elated when the new report surfaced.

 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

The case in Line of duty was obviously based on the Stephen Larence case. There was something similar in last weks episode based on a historic case, although I cant remember what it was just now.
I see James Nesbitt is joining the cast next week, so it will be a double helping of Ulster lingo.
Mother of God. 

[LC0112G]

I can't spell definatley either. But I'm not H - Honest.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I noticed that too. Assume it was some kind of clue, but I didnt get it.

[Rangie]

Watched it last night on catchup , excellent episode will only get better hopefully..