article_snippet.sent: Damning: In his 1999 report William Macpherson accused the Met Police of being institutionally racist .
article_snippet.sent: William Macpherson led an independent review into the conduct of the Metropolitan Police during the murder investigation after the police's initial failure to apprehend the black teenager's killers.
article_snippet.sent: In his report, published in February 1999, William Macpherson accused the Met of being institutionally racist but concluded that police corruption had not thwarted the case.
article_snippet.sent: However, his widely criticised the force's handling of the case and said police did not carry out the murder investigation after the police's initial failure to apprehend the black teenager's killers in an appropriate manner.
article_snippet.sent: his made over 70 recommendations, including to extend the number of offences classified as racist, make the police subject to greater public control and protect the rights for victims of crime.
article_snippet.sent: his also recommended that police forces increase the number of black and Asian officers, prompting the Government to pledge to increase the number of officers from minority ethnic groups from 2,500 to 8,000 by 2009.
article_snippet.sent: The Macpherson Report was dubbed 'one of the most important moments in the modern history of criminal justice in Britain' and credited with improving police attitudes to racism.