LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Keith White killed by plastic bullet

Genre

News report; Speech

TX Date

Apr 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:01:59

Description

Report on a 20-minute industrial stoppage across Northern Ireland in protest at the death of Keith White, a 20 year-old Protestant killed by a police plastic bullet during demonstrations in Portadown on Easter Monday. Alan Wright, Ulster Clubs chairman, is interviewed whilst attending a gathering in Portadown; Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley speaks during a protest outside Shorts shipyard in Belfast. Other demonstrations took place in Larne. Male Irish reporter not identified.

Contributors

Ian Paisley; Alan Wright

Keywords

Deaths; Strikes; Northern Ireland; Police; Political protests; Policing practice; Belfast; RUC; Civilians; Protestants; Portadown; Keith White; Larne

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