Sir Paul Condon and The Voice

Title

Sir Paul Condon and The Voice

Genre

Interview

TX Date

26 Jan 1996

Year of production

1996

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Duration

00:00:19

Description

London’s police chief has attacked a black newspaper for its coverage of last year’s Brixton riots. Sir Paul Condon has described allegations in The Voice about the death in police custody of Wayne Douglas as unnecessarily inflammatory. He says the reports were dangerously irresponsible. Exclusive interview originally embargoed to 0630hrs 26/1/96.

Contributors

Paul Condon

Keywords

Deaths; London; Newspapers; Interethnic relations; Police; Freedom of the press; Riots; Black peoples; Brixton; Wayne Douglas; The Voice

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