Commissioner on Broadwater Farm riots
- Title
- Commissioner on Broadwater Farm riots
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 7 Oct 1985
- Year of production
- 1985
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- Duration
- 00:02:13
- Description
- Interview with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Kenneth Newman, reacting to the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham, London (06/10/85). He says he will not shrink from his responsibility to use more force to restore order. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Kenneth Newman
- Keywords
- London; Police; Violence; Homicide; Metropolitan Police; Riots; Policing practice; Policemen; Keith Blakelock; Broadwater Farm; Tottenham; Residential estates; Cynthia Jarrett
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LBC/IRN, "Commissioner on Broadwater Farm riots". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0013300166009 (Accessed 21 Apr 2025)