Causes of Brixton riots
- Title
- Causes of Brixton riots
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Vox pop
- TX Date
- 13 Apr 1981
- Year of production
- 1981
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- Duration
- 00:06:48
- Description
- Report investigating the causes of the Brixton, South London riots. With comment from local black youths (not identified); Police Commander Brian Fairbairn; one of the men arrested- identified only as Carlton; local community leader Courtnay Laws; Metropolitan Police Commissioner David McNee. Male reporter not identified.
- Contributors
- Brian Fairbairn; David McNee; Courtnay Laws
- Keywords
- Social conflicts; London; Social problems; Interethnic relations; Police; Unemployment; Adolescents; Metropolitan Police; Riots; Lambeth; Policing practice; Black peoples; Brixton; Institutional racism; Youth employment
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