Douglas Hurd on Broadwater Farm riots

Title

Douglas Hurd on Broadwater Farm riots

Genre

Interview; Press conference

TX Date

Oct 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:02:33

Description

Press interview with Home Secretary Douglas Hurd, after he visited police officers injured in the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham, London. He suggests plastic bullets and CS gas could be used against rioters in the future.

Contributors

Douglas Hurd

Keywords

London; Interethnic relations; Police; Riots; Policemen; Asphyxiating and poisonous gases; Broadwater Farm; Tottenham; Residential estates

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