Merseyside Police reaction to Scarman report

Title

Merseyside Police reaction to Scarman report

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:01:53

Description

Interview with Fred Jones, Chairman of the Merseyside Police Federation, following the publication of the Scarman Report into the causes of the Brixton and Toxteth riots in 1981. The report criticises the police. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Fred Jones

Keywords

London; Interethnic relations; Police; Liverpool; Violence; Metropolitan Police; Riots; Policing practice; Racism; Brixton; Toxteth; Scarman Report; Institutional racism; Leslie Scarman; Repotrs

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