Discover Macpherson

A free, searchable resource for anyone interested in the case of Stephen Lawrence and the Macpherson Inquiry

[Tim Fenton @zelo_street]

Macpherson Report NOW ONLINE: Stephen Lawrence's case still sparks debate - FIND OUT MORE HERE https://t.co/q8dCOva3Cn

[Brian Cathcart @BrianCathcart]

@zelo_street Thanks for this Tim. We are very grateful to all those who have supported https://t.co/3X8XqLaq5V since we launched on Friday. The feedback has been terrific. @DiscMacpherson

[Byline Investigates @BInvestigates]

Byline Investigates writer @BrianCathcart, who is the author of the award-winning 'The Case of Stephen Lawrence', has just launched a new website for anyone keen to know the facts about the UK's most notorious race murder. Have a look at https://t.co/wGpugguTyg

[Lorna_TVeditor @Lorna_TVeditor]

"The Macpherson Inquiry, like the Leveson Inquiry, was a landmark event, and is remembered especially for its conclusion that the police investigation of the 1993 race murder of Stephen Lawrence was marked by institutional racism."

And NOTHING has substantially changed.
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[Charles Nevin @charlesnevin]

Please welcome and spread the news about this important counter to the alternative truths and lazy repetitions of secondary sources.

[Brian Cathcart @BrianCathcart]

P.S. In case anyone is wondering, no one involved in creating or maintaining https://t.co/3X8XqLaq5V will ever make a penny out of it.

[Brian Cathcart @BrianCathcart]

Two final things. The site includes the full text of my 1999 book, ‘The Case of Stephen Lawrence’, and I am very grateful to @PenguinBooks for making that possible. And a warning: inevitably, some of the content of the site is distressing and some is offensive. END🧵

[Brian Cathcart @BrianCathcart]

The site is as complete as we could manage on our small budget, but there is more material at the National Archives and elsewhere that could be added. If you can help with funding this, please go to the site and let us know. If you can't, please follow @DiscMacpherson anyway. 7/

[Brian Cathcart @BrianCathcart]

I began work on this project with Mark Coleman of the digital archivists & records management company SDS Group when I was at Kingston University, and along with another ex-Kingston colleague, Abbie Carr, we have completed it since my retirement. 6/

[Brian Cathcart @BrianCathcart]

Even after more than 30 years the murder and its aftermath are rarely out of the news for long, so it is high time the records of the Macpherson inquiry were available online for all to read, helping people see the issues as they were seen at the time. 5/

[Brian Cathcart @BrianCathcart]

The Macpherson Inquiry, like the Leveson Inquiry, was a landmark event, and is remembered especially for its conclusion that the police investigation of the 1993 race murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence was marked by institutional racism. 4/

[Brian Cathcart @BrianCathcart]

The site is intended as a twin to Kingston University’s successful https://t.co/Ov4LcWwEVR, which contains the records of the 2011-12 public inquiry into the press – and which is accessed by hundreds of people every day. 3/

[Brian Cathcart @BrianCathcart]

Until now, most of these important papers have only been available in hard copy at the National Archives in Kew, London. Now they can be searched and studied online by anyone, anywhere, free of charge. Please take a look: https://t.co/3X8XqLaq5V 2/

[Brian Cathcart @BrianCathcart]

Some news: I am very pleased to announce the launch today of https://t.co/3X8XqLaq5V, a free online resource enabling people to access and read transcripts & papers of the historic 1998-9 Macpherson Inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence. @DiscMacpherson
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[Discover Macpherson @DiscMacpherson]

Discover Macpherson is now live! A new online resource making the records of the Macpherson Inquiry available and searchable online for the first time https://t.co/aCZb5oQdtd