Police Make Arrests in Alleged ’93 Hate Crime

Police in London cracked down on racial intolerance, arresting three men in connection with the April 1993 killing of a black teenager, and rounding up 100 suspected racists in separate raids. The slaying of Stephen Lawrence, 18, by a gang of white youths and the failure of the police to investigate adequately prompted a national debate about racism. The arrests came after Lawrence’s family appealed on a BBC program for help in solving the crime. The identities of the three men were not released. A separate series of police raids resulted in the arrest of 100 people on suspicion of offenses including death threats and racially aggravated criminal damage.