UK's David Cameron wants inquiry into reports police tried to smear family of murder victim
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Officials say British Prime Minister David Cameron wants an immediate investigation into allegations that an undercover police officer was ordered to smear the reputation of the family of a murdered black teenager.
The Guardian Monday published claims that the officer infiltrated anti-racism protest groups to gain information that could discredit the family of Stephen Lawrence.
Lawrence died following a racist attack in 1993. An inquiry into the way London's Metropolitan Police investigated the murder concluded that the force was "institutionally racist".
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Former undercover officer Peter Francis claimed that while posing as an anti-racism activist he was also asked to target Lawrence's friends and other campaigners angry at the failure to bring the killers to justice.