Brixton riots - Anthony Morgan on his efforts to diffuse confrontation

Title

Brixton riots - Anthony Morgan on his efforts to diffuse confrontation

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:05:34

Description

Local resident Anthony Morgan describes witnessing the search carried out on a minicab driver on 11/04/81 which sparked the Brixton riots. Morgan also joined the mediators who talked to rioters on the night of the violence. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Anthony Morgan

Keywords

London; Social problems; Interethnic relations; Police; Violence; Riots; Lambeth; Policing practice; Brixton; Public inquiries; Leslie Scarman; Scarman Inquiry

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