Willie Whitelaw on Southall riots

Title

Willie Whitelaw on Southall riots

Genre

Interview; Press conference

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:02:43

Description

Press interview with Conservative home affairs spokesman Willie Whitelaw responding to the Southall riots in West London, where NF supporters and Anti-Nazi League protesters clashed, and were confronted by the Special Patrol Group branch of the Metropolitan Police. Teacher Blair Peach died during the violence.

Contributors

William Whitelaw

Keywords

Deaths; London; Interethnic relations; Police; Violence; Demonstrations; Metropolitan Police; National Front; Blair Peach; Anti-Nazi League; Southall; Riots; Policing practice; Anti-nazi movements

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