Former Met police chief admits surveillance of Stephen Lawrence’s family was institutionally racist

Paul Condon, pictured in 2008, said officers in the unit ‘were told daily as their job to lie, cheat and deceive as a way of life and what they’re asked to do’. Paul Condon, pictured in 2008, said officers in the unit ‘were told daily as their job to lie, cheat and deceive as a way of life and what they’re asked to do’. Spycops scandal Undercover police and policing Former Met police chief admits surveillance of Stephen Lawrence’s family was institutionally racist Paul Condon tells spycops inquiry force failed to properly control unit which committed ‘horrendous’ abuses

Prefer the Guardian on Google A former Metropolitan police commissioner has admitted that the surveillance of the family of Stephen Lawrence by undercover officers was institutionally racist, the spycops inquiry has heard.