Brixton riots - community leader comments

Title

Brixton riots - community leader comments

Genre

Interview

TX Date

6 May 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:02:29

Description

Interview with local community leader Courtnay Laws who discusses the recent riots in Brixton, South London (11/04/81), and the subsequent inquiry into the disturbances, chaired by Lord Scarman (Leslie Scarman). Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Courtnay Laws

Keywords

London; Interethnic relations; Police; Metropolitan Police; Riots; Policing practice; Brixton; Public inquiries; Looting; Leslie Scarman; Lord Scarman

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