Stephen Lawrence: 21 years on and justice still denied!

Today is the 21st Anniversary of the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence.

By Stanley Collymore

 

Twenty one years have passed and justice still hasn’t been

served while those responsible for obstructing it,

unnerved by any criticism levelled at them

much less any guilt generated on their

part since they clearly have none, continue to

hold onto their existing positions of power

and influence, or others akin to them,

and the massive salaries that

automatically go with

all of them.

 

Meanwhile, the undue stress occasioned by your racist

murder Stephen has destroyed the once stable

marriage of your parents, the significance

of which has either been callously

and dismissively overlooked or else downplayed

as irrelevant by those that are unquestionably

responsible for this awful occurrence but

who, moreover, don’t give a damn

about what they arrogantly

see and institutionally

racially consider as

an insignificant

matter.

 

And all the while as your Dad hurtingly but none the less

with the consummate dignity that he and your Mum

Doreen ongoingly have quietly but even so

impressively shown all along, those in

charge that could and who should

have legally as well as morally

done everything to right the pernicious wrong

that was done to you but chose not to,

preferring instead when required

to, to offer your parents, face to

face and even publicly,

mealy-mouthed, hypocritical and meaningless

words of support while behind their backs

laughing their heads off at them, as these

institutionalized racists and white

supremacist hypocrites treat

the entire matter of your

catastrophic death

like another of

their N****r-

baiting

sport!

 

Since the truth of the matter is that they’ve grown exceedingly

weary with its attendant hubristic fatigue of your racist

murder never having expected, and specifically so

bearing in mind their utterly despicable and

concerted smear campaigns callously

and enthusiastically embarked upon to defame your Dad,

Mum, other relatives and staunch supporters Stephen,

that the fight for justice on your behalf would

be even more energized and unrelentingly

carried on. So they’re stuck between a

rock and a hard place of their own

making; unwilling to give up their

entrenched and institutionalized racist

practices set against the stark and

uncomfortable realization that

the entire world is now on

to their established

criminal activities

and lawless

games.

 

For the fight for natural justice that has most

perfidiously and systematically been denied you

these past 21 years Stephen will steadfastly go

on, and thanks collectively to the conscionable,

ethical and outspoken media contribution on

the part of the Daily Mail together with

the unshaken resolve of those of us that

from the very outset have irresolutely

and wholeheartedly been committed to this

just path are quite determined mustn’t fail.

So rest assured Stephen: precious son,

devoted brother and iconic martyr,

in the full knowledge from your

Jamaican idyll and the home of

your mortal remains that

in spite of everything

that’s happened you

will never ever

be forgotten!

 

© Stanley V. Collymore

9 March 2014.

 

 

The Author’s Remarks:

 

On the 22^nd April 1993 in an unprovoked racially motivated attack in Eltham, London, England black teenager and student Stephen Lawrence, born on the 13^th September 1974, was savagely murdered by a group of white racists. In the aftermath of Stephen’s death and in the 21 years subsequent to it those legally charged with matters pertaining to law and order in England as well as the dispensing of justice to the victims of wrongdoing, and particularly acts of wilful murder, have done everything in their power to thwart the attainment of justice for Stephen Lawrence.

 

Crassly and dishonestly they’ve erroneously, from the very outset of their reluctantly embarked on and haphazard investigation, endeavoured to portray Stephen Lawrence as a gang member, which he most categorically was not and never had been, who was killed by one of his black gang member associates. However, when that scenario patently failed to carry any traction with the public, and particularly members of the black community, because there was evidently no substance to it and therefore showed it up for the false premise that it was Scotland Yard, the Metropolitan Police and other senior members of the English constabulary perfidiously embarked on a calculated and reprehensible campaign to smear the Lawrence Family, their friends and supporters that were individually and collectively endeavouring to get justice for Stephen by having his racist killers arrested, tried in court, convicted and jailed; something that the police authorities clearly didn’t want to happen.

 

Notwithstanding that though, due to the innumerable obstacles wilfully placed in their way by the police and the other forces of law and order in England, including the judiciary, this task to date has only partially been realized with the belated conviction and jailing for the least terms of imprisonment in their cases of two of Stephen’s killers; and 21 years on Neville and Doreen Lawrence, who have shown a remarkable dignity, courage and resolve throughout their 21year old ordeal, are still forced to wait for justice that’s long overdue to their murdered and promising architect son Stephen.

 

In remembrance of Stephen Lawrence: 13 September 1974 " 22 April 1993.