Stephen Lawrence
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- (1974-1993) a black British teenager who was murdered in South London in 1993 by a group of teenagers. His death and the way it was dealt with by the police became an important national issue and damaged relations between the black community and the police. Although several men were charged with his murder, two trials were stopped because there was not enough evidence. In 1997, there was a public inquiry into the case and, as a result, in 1999 the Macpherson Report criticized police for racism (= unfair treatment of people who belong to a different race) in dealing with Stephen's murder and recommended changes to the police in Britain. In 2012, two men, Gary Dobson and David Norris, were found guilty of Lawrence's murder.
史蒂芬·劳伦斯（Stephen Lawrence）：（1974-1993）一个英国黑人少年，于1993年在南伦敦被一群少年谋杀。他的死及其被警察处理的方式成为一个重要的国家问题，破坏了黑人社区与警察之间的关系。尽管有几人被控谋杀，但由于没有足够的证据，两项审判被中止。1997年，对此案进行了公开调查，结果，《麦克弗森报告》（Macpherson Report）在1999年批评警察在处理史蒂芬（Stephen）的谋杀案时种族主义（对不同种族的人不公平对待），并建议对警察进行更改在英国。2012年，两名男子加里·多布森（Gary Dobson）和大卫·诺里斯（David Norris）被判犯有劳伦斯的谋杀罪。