Scarman inquiry into riots

Title

Scarman inquiry into riots

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

25 Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:23

Description

Dave Loyn looks back at views on the Scarman inquiry into riots in Brixton, South London and Toxteth in Liverpool in 1981, now its report has been published. Includes archive interviews with Lord Scarman (Leslie Scarman), author of report; a male resident in Brixton (not identified); spokesman for Rastafarian Collective (not identified).

Contributors

Dave Loyn; Leslie Scarman

Keywords

London; Reports; Social problems; Interethnic relations; Police; Liverpool; Violence; Metropolitan Police; Riots; Policing practice; Black peoples; Ethnic groups; Brixton; Toxteth; Scarman Report; Institutional racism; Leslie Scarman; Deprivation

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