“A law student who bombarded the football commentator Stan Collymore with racist tweets has been sentenced to two years’ community service and ordered to pay £150 legal costs.”
The Guardian, 21st March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A maths teacher has been found guilty of harassing his German neighbours by playing wartime classics and performing a Nazi salute.”
BBC News, 19th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ofcom has launched an investigation into the use of the word ‘coloured’ in an ITV News report on racism in football. The offensive term was used during a report by Richard Pallot, an ITV News reporter, while covering the racism in football summit at Downing Street late last month.”
The Guardian, 5th March 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Four trade-unionists who were accused of racism after drawing a satirical cartoon of the three wise monkeys who ‘see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ have won a four-and-a-half year legal battle.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Detectives and prosecutors are examining whether certain witnesses at the Stephen Lawrence murder trial may have perjured themselves while giving evidence, the Crown Prosecution Service has confirmed.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“After careful review, the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC MP, has decided not to refer the sentences of Gary Dobson and David Norris to the Court of Appeal as possibly unduly lenient.”
Attorney General’s Office, 1st February 2012
Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk
“England football captain John Terry is due to have his case heard for the first time in court over whether he used racist language in a match.”
BBC News, 1st February 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Stephen Lawrence’s killers will serve many years in prison beyond their minimum sentence unless they admit their guilt, say legal experts.”
The Guardian, 7th January 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A judge said it was ‘quite staggering’ that he could only impose a fine on a former soldier who admitted making racist remarks about Muslims.”
BBC News, 6th January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
” The judge in the Stephen Lawrence murder trial urged police today not to “close the file” on catching the rest of his killers. Mr Justice Treacy made his appeal as Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe said that the remaining culprits ‘should not rest easily in their beds’. It is understood that police plan to meet next week to assess where the case stands. Gary Dobson, 36, and David Norris, 35, received life sentences at the Old Bailey today for the racist murder of Mr Lawrence nearly 19 years ago.”
The Independent, 4th January 2012
Source: www.indpendent.co.uk
“Two men have been convicted of the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, 18 years after he was stabbed to death at a south London bus stop. Gary Dobson and David Norris were found guilty by an Old Bailey jury after a trial based on forensic evidence.”
BBC News, 3rd January 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government has agreed to pay more than £22,000 compensation to the family of Christopher Alder, who choked to death in a Hull police station in 1998.”
BBC News, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The government will formally apologise through the European court of human rights (ECHR) to the family of Christopher Alder, a black ex-soldier who choked to death in handcuffs on the floor of a Hull police station 13 years ago.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Morrissey spoke of his ‘delight’ after a judge ruled yesterday that he had the right to sue the music magazine NME over an article which he claims branded him as a racist.”
The Independent, 27th October 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain’s most senior libel judge is considering whether to grant Morrissey a high court trial before a jury over an NME magazine interview he claims portrayed him as a ‘racist and a blatant hypocrite’.”
The Guardian, 18th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“He once claimed to bear more grudges than lonely high court judges. Now Morrissey wants his date in the high court to rebut years of allegations that he is a racist and a hypocrite.”
The Guardian, 17th October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“David Starkey, the historian, has been cleared by the broadcasting watchdog over comments he made on newsnight that led to complaints he had been racist.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd October 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The equivalent of around 100 primary school pupils a day were reported to local authorities after using offensive language in lessons and the playground, it is claimed. In some cases, pupils were reprimanded for relatively trivial squabbles and employing insults such as ‘gaylord’ and ‘broccoli head’. Researchers said many children – some as young as four – are being reported despite being ‘unlikely to understand the meaning of these words’. Schools are obliged to report all ‘hate speech’ incidents to local authorities as part of the 2000 Race Relations Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Cambridge United player Jordan Patrick has been fined £750 for racially abusing a taxi driver and threatening a policeman in a drunken outburst.”
BBC News, 8th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Private security officers employed to remove detainees from the UK showed ‘a shamefully unprofessional and derogatory attitude’, using unnecessary force and racist language, according to the chief inspector of prisons.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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