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Undercover officer played role in Stephen Lawrence inquiry clashes
The inquiry investigates undercover surveillance of racial justice groups by the Metropolitan Police between 1993 and 2007 amid concerns of racism and police misconduct.
- On Monday, the Undercover Policing Inquiry began a new phase to examine the Metropolitan Police Special Demonstration Squad's activity from 1993 to 2007, with David Barr KC promising moving testimony.
- After whistleblower Peter Francis's disclosures, the Undercover Policing Inquiry, announced by then-home secretary Theresa May in 2015, will probe whether deployments involved 'conscious or subconscious racism'.
- Undercover officers embedded themselves by using false identities, with Peter Francis infiltrating the Lawrence campaign and David Hagan joining the Movement for Justice for two to three years.
- The Metropolitan Police offered apologies through counsel Skelton KC to the Lawrence family, Duwayne Brooks, Sukhdev Reel and others, while Neville Lawrence welcomed public evidence on Friday and HN86 seeks judicial review to avoid oral testimony.
- The inquiry will examine Francis, David Hagan, and four other undercover officers over the next three months, with Francis scheduled to give evidence in December and costs reaching 114m so far.
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