Merseyside police view on Scarman report

Title

Merseyside police view on Scarman report

Genre

Interview

TX Date

25 Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:06:11

Description

Interview with Chief Constable of Merseyside Police, Kenneth Oxford, responding to the findings with regards to the police of the Scarman Report into riots in Brixton, South London and Toxteth in Liverpool in 1981. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Kenneth Oxford

Keywords

London; Interethnic relations; Police; Liverpool; Racial discrimination; Riots; Policing practice; Police personnel; Black peoples; Ethnic groups; Brixton; Toxteth; Scarman Report; Institutional racism; Leslie Scarman; Training; Merseyside Police

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