Frederick

Deptford is not predominantly white, it is overwhelmingly black.

LN, London, UK

Frederick

Sorry, misread your post

LN, London, UK

I 'm very uneasy about Ken Livingstone calling this a "racist attack" because at the moment we don't know who was to blame.It could just be mindless idiots (plenty of them around)and yes I know that it follows an allegation by a member of the public,but I still feel that his statement could stir up trouble which is the last thing we want.With the election coming up I think Livingstone was after some cheap vote winning headlines.I think he should hold fire until the culprits are caught and we know the motives.

Mike, Dunstable, England

I'm absolutely not saying we shouldn't have these sorts buildings dedicated to the memory of individuals, but you have to think about the logic of building an expensive glass building with the knowledge that it will be a target for idiots. £15,000 per window when kids need supplies in schools seems foolish to say the least and the aim to "provide thousands of deprived young people with opportunities in fields of architecture, urban design and building" is wishful thinking to say the least. As with all things, a bit of common sense at the outset would have reduced the chances of this. This does not justify what has happened - it goes without saying that all forms of racism and discrimination are disgusting.

Contractor , London, England

I love how people are very quick to say this wasn't racially motivated - if you actually READ the article you'd see that the attack came on the anniversary of the inquest that confirmed Stephen’s death to be an unprovoked racist murder.

Use your heads, cretins.

Ryan, London,

And the evidence is?

Peterr, Northants, England

I am sincerely sorry for those racist people. As a white person I am proud to be living with the who represent different races because this is how God created us, this is how it should be.

I can only say that those vandalists are simply sick and are trying to support the racial disintegration of our society!

Grigol Gegelia, London,

I wonder what CCTV picked up...

Farrukh, Woking, UK

Unless racist people are actually proven to have smashed the windows for racist reasons how on earth can this be labled a racist attack? Surely more likely if the centre has been attacked a number of times is that it was just mindless yobs with nothing better to do.

Elroy, Bethlehem, USA

England or Spain? It's the same everywhere?. No, it isn't. This is worse than Montmelo, Barcelona.

JL Sharp, Suffolk,

I can say that mr livingstone makes these remarks but he does not know deptford people has they do get there backs up when these things happen what about kids having some fun but then what about a pay out for those who were said to have done this crime but the lawrence family have had more money than any other case is this english city my great grand father came from deptford who won a lot of medals but who cares he only lost hes life for england but when i go to deptford i do not even see his name so the council who fail the lewisham past Have a nice day its a long way from welling but you have more things in hand like i fell sorry but the lawrence family came from greenwich

alan, lewisham, u/k

Obviously a very sad incident... however vandalism occurs all over the country on a regular basis, so this incident is hardly newsworthy, except that the target was on this ocassion higher profile than the local shops, or school. In addition, what evidence is their that this attack was racially motivated? It would be nice if politicians like ken Livingstone got so irrate about the anti-social behaviour that blights the lives of so many people in the Uk on a regular basis.

Andrew brown, derby, uk

Somebody just threw a brick through my window in an area that is predominately white - racist of course.

Frederick, London, UK

Disgusting.

I can't think of ANYTHING else to say.

Elliott, Reading, UK