Brixton riots - Anthony Morgan on his efforts to diffuse confrontation
- Title
- Brixton riots - Anthony Morgan on his efforts to diffuse confrontation
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1981
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- Duration
- 00:05:34
- Description
- Local resident Anthony Morgan describes witnessing the search carried out on a minicab driver on 11/04/81 which sparked the Brixton riots. Morgan also joined the mediators who talked to rioters on the night of the violence. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Anthony Morgan
- Keywords
- London; Social problems; Interethnic relations; Police; Violence; Riots; Lambeth; Policing practice; Brixton; Public inquiries; Leslie Scarman; Scarman Inquiry
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LBC/IRN, "Brixton riots - Anthony Morgan on his efforts to diffuse confrontation". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0013900399011 (Accessed 13 Mar 2026)