In 1999 a black person was six times more likely to be stopped and searched under section 1 of the Police and Criminal Act 1984 criminal evidence; in 2006/07 it was seven times. The National DNA Database, which currently maintains all DNA samples from anyone arrested, is also "extremely discriminatory." The Equality and Human Rights Commission estimates that more than 30% of all black men are in the database, compared to 10% of all white men. Clearly, these issues of disproportionality are linked to the overrepresentation of black people in the criminal justice system, highlighting that there is indeed institutionalized racism within the police force. At the Macpherson inquest, Ms Lawrence raised concerns about the treatment of her family by police during the investigation into Stephen's murder. Although family liaison officers have since been put in place to improve relations between the investigation team and victims' families, she said these officers "are there more to collect information and evidence rather than to communicate to the family the progress of the investigation” and to black families. continue to feel treated differently from white families. She believed that at the origin of this phenomenon was the assumption by police officers that black victims of violence are often themselves involved in criminal activity. In 2008, 28% of people from an ethnic minority