Causes of the Brixton riots
- Title
- Causes of the Brixton riots
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 12 Apr 1981
- Year of production
- 1981
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- Duration
- 00:03:17
- Description
- Interview with Chairman of Lambeth Council’s Community Affairs Committee, Stewart Lansley, about the Brixton, South London riots, speculating that police action made the situation worse. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Stewart Lansley
- Keywords
- Social conflicts; London; Crime; Social problems; Interethnic relations; Housing; Police; Ethnic conflicts; Violence; Unemployment; Adolescents; Metropolitan Police; Riots; Police personnel; Black peoples; Brixton; Institutional racism; Urban communities; Youth employment; Policing problems
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LBC/IRN, "Causes of the Brixton riots". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0007700341006 (Accessed 26 Apr 2025)