Stephen Lawrence Research Centre @ De Montfort University @slrc-dmu.bsky.social · 14/05/2025What a brilliant day. Thanks to all the teachers from the LiFE Multi-Academy Trust schools in Leicestershire who attended our Teaching to Transform workshop at the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre last week. Your input to the conversation about racial literacy in schools was invaluable. 010
Stephen Lawrence Research Centre @ De Montfort University @slrc-dmu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Just before the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre Annual Lecture 2025, our keynote speaker Keir Monteith KC and panel member Ade Adedeji spoke to the Guardian about the journey to the quashing of his sentence after serving three years for a crime he did not commit. Read more here 👇theguardian.com‘I need to get out there’: wrongfully identified in drill music video and jailed, he now wants to study lawAde Adedeji, 21, from Manchester, served three years for a crime he did not commit before his conviction was quashed 031
Stephen Lawrence Research Centre @ De Montfort University @slrc-dmu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Thank you to everyone who attended our annual lecture 2025. It was an honor to host such an inspirational event. We’d love to hear your thoughts! Click below to find out more about how you can support the Manchester 10 and the Art Not Evidence campaign. kidsofcolour.com artnotevidence.org 010
Reposted by Stephen Lawrence Research Centre @ De Montfort University The Guardian @theguardian.com · 06/04/2025Dozens of families join plan for class action over UK police contact deathstheguardian.comDozens of families join plan for class action over UK police contact deathsLawsuit would be first of its kind against police officers, police chiefs and government departments More than 100 relatives of people who have died after contact with the police in the UK since 1971 have joined plans for a class action lawsuit in pursuit of compensation and justice. The plan for group legal action was announced at the People’s Tribunal on Police Killings, a two-day event in which bereaved families presented evidence to a panel of international experts on how their relatives died and the long-term impact this has had on them. Continue reading... 212126
Stephen Lawrence Research Centre @ De Montfort University @slrc-dmu.bsky.social · 31/03/2025'Manchester 21-year old's conviction quashed after rap video evidence refuted'🔔 Read more about the work of Keir Monteith KC and book your free ticket to hear him talk at the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre Annual Lecture on April 29. 👉 bit.ly/3R3BrCatheguardian.comManchester 21-year-old’s conviction quashed after rap video evidence refutedSentences of two co-appellants reduced after they were condemned by community groups as racist and unfair 100
Reposted by Stephen Lawrence Research Centre @ De Montfort University Ed Gillett @ehgillett.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Mistaken identity, dubious "gang" evidence and “breathtaking cultural ignorance” about drill led to the wrongful conviction of Ademola Adedeji. Why are seven other young men still behind bars? I’ve written about the Manchester 10 for Novara Media: novaramedia.com/2025/01/29/t...novaramedia.comThe Police Know Nothing About Drill – and 7 Black Men Remain in Prison As a Result | Novara MediaDespite one overturned conviction, seven of the Manchester 10 remain in prison for a murder none of them committed. Ed Gillett reports on the dangerous consequences of police ignorance. 173
Stephen Lawrence Research Centre @ De Montfort University @slrc-dmu.bsky.social · 20/03/2025We are delighted to announce the speaker at this year’s free #SLRC Annual Lecture will be Keir Monteith KC exploring 'The Use of Music in the Criminalisation of Young Black People'. Join us at DMU on Tuesday 29 April 6pm, to discuss this highly topical national issue 👉 bit.ly/3R3BrCa #blacksky #uk 011