Louis Miles on inquest into death of Anthony Lemard

Title

Louis Miles on inquest into death of Anthony Lemard

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Nov 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:03:15

Description

Anthony Crumpet Lemard, a black man, choked to death on his own vomit in a police cell in Kensington after he was arrested for allegedly lunging at a police officer with a knife. Black community leader Louis Miles gives an interview after the inquest into Anthony’s death, in which he accuses the Police and the press of racism. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Louis Miles

Keywords

Deaths; London; Interethnic relations; Press; Police; UK; Great Britain; Oppression; Policing practice; England; Racism; Black peoples; Imprisonment; Inquests; Anthony Lemard

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