The ingrained image of black men being searched by the police feeds into the collective illusion that black men everywhere need to be policed more than others. — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Like many black men growing up in London, I have been stopped and searched by several policemen. I was 12 years old when I was first groped and frisked by police for walking down the road. It terrified me so… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
A good society is characterised not just by liberty but by mutual respect and responsibility. When this breaks down it takes a lot more… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
For me, a hoodie is like a pair of slippers or pyjamas - something comfortable and well-worn that you can wear unthinkingly. Unless, of… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
I grew up under Thatcher; the era of apartheid; the era of the poll tax; the era of riots. I remember Neil Kinnock was… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Edgy' music has always formed the cornerstone to any teenage rebellion. Most indulge in it precisely because adults like me don't like them doing… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
For even the most seasoned observers of American politics, Barack Obama is a phenomenon. — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Unemployed people should be treated as potential to be realised, not a problem to be solved. — David Lammy Copy Share Image
As I have consistently recommended, we desperately need to find more black judges, particularly females, who are chronically underrepresented in our courts across London… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Our political class obsesses over social mobility from one generation to the next - whether or not people are doing better than their parents… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
We should not let those with a political agenda use London's growing population to support their anti-immigration rhetoric, and we should challenge those who… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
People 'demand' the opportunity to gamble away money they do not have, just like people 'demand' money from loan sharks at extortionate interest rates.… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Let me speak frankly: separate but equal is a fraud. It is the language that tried to push Rosa Parks to the back of… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
Ultimately, we must either abandon our reliance on stop and search or abandon any hope for a criminal justice system grounded in equality, impartiality… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
