Stephen Lawrence's body will be returned to the UK from Jamaica
Stephen lost his life as he waited for a bus in Eltham.
Doreen Lawrence announced that her son Stephen Lawrence's remains will be brought back to the United Kingdom from Jamaica, three decades after he was killed in a racist attack.
Baroness Lawrence expressed that her son's grave pictures were shared on social media after his body was removed, causing great pain to the family.
The Lawrence family decided to bury their 18-year-old family member abroad because they believed he would not find peace if laid to rest in their home country.
Mr Lawrence, a black British man from Plumstead in south-east London, was murdered in a racially targeted assault while he was waiting for a bus in Eltham in April 1993.
Only two out of the five or six individuals responsible for his killing have been held accountable.
The initial police inquiry into the death of the teenager was tarnished by systemic racism within the Metropolitan Police, lack of skill, and suspected dishonesty.
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Baroness Lawrence was awarded an honorary degree in recognition of her efforts to advocate for education.
Baroness Lawrence, through her legal representative, shared that she and her loved ones have seen the new pictures of her son's grave being passed around on social media.
After three decades, our family has come to the decision that we want to bring Stephen back to be near us.
Baroness Lawrence expressed that the funeral home in Jamaica did not show respect for her feelings and privacy. She was upset that they chose to keep her son's grave open to the public instead of closed off.
We are saddened by the person who decided to take pictures and share them on social media without thinking about how it could affect our family.
Many years after the initial police inquiry into Mr. Lawrence's passing, it was revealed that undercover police officers had monitored activists who were backing the Lawrence family's quest for accountability.
In the previous year, the BBC uncovered more mistakes connected to a sixth person of interest in the investigation, Matthew White.
During June, Baroness Lawrence expressed her confusion, disappointment, and anger after an upheld decision not to prosecute four officers who were part of the botched investigation into her son's murder.
Baroness Lawrence expressed that the decision was a new example of how poorly her family had been treated by the criminal justice system. She also believed that it showed that no police officer would ever acknowledge their responsibility for the mistakes made in the case.
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