David McNee reacts to Scarman report

Title

David McNee reacts to Scarman report

Genre

Press conference; Speech

TX Date

Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:02:25

Description

Press statement by Sir David McNee, Metropolitan Police Commissioner (read by an unidentified secondary speaker), following the publication of the Scarman Report into the causes of the Brixton riots in South London in 1981. The report criticises the Metropolitan Police. In 2 parts.

Contributors

David McNee

Keywords

London; Reports; Interethnic relations; Police; Violence; Metropolitan Police; Riots; Racism; Brixton; Scarman Report; Institutional racism; Leslie Scarman; Polciing practice

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