Claire Demuth on stop and search

Title

Claire Demuth on stop and search

Genre

Interview

TX Date

14 Apr 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:52

Description

Claire Demuth of the Runnymede Trust says that police powers to stop and search (under the so-called Sus or Suss laws) have sometimes been over-used, leading to racial friction between the police and minority ethnic groups. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Claire Demuth

Keywords

London; Crime; Interethnic relations; Police; Liverpool; Metropolitan Police; Manchester; Crime prevention; Racial discrimination; Policing practice; Black peoples; Theft; Ethnic discrimination; Stereotypes; Stop and search; Runnymede Trust

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