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5: The Infamous Killing of Stephen Lawrence

Outlore with Eleanor Neale

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The Story of Stephen Lawrence

18 year old Stephen Lawrence was stabbed to death in Lewishum, South Africa. He had been shopping with his friend Dwayne Brooks when they were attacked by five or six white vise running towards him shouting racist slurs. The attack must have only lasted around 10 seconds and even with a punch of lungs severed arteries and constricted breathing he ran 120 meters before collapsing on the ground. A few minutes later a police car arrived at the scene but instead of an ambulance it was actually sent off for an ambulance themselves. Police were more concerned with accusing Dwayne Brooks of having an argument with Stephen than trying to find out what really happened.

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