LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Wood Green rioters explain

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:05:00

Description

Interviews with Wood Green, North London riot participants about why they rioted and what they did during the riot including looting shops and throwing bricks at police. They blame police harassment and unemployment as the cause. Malcolm Brabant interviews.

Contributors

Malcolm Brabant

Keywords

London; Damage; Crime; Interethnic relations; Police; Violence; Unemployment; Adolescents; Shops; Riots; Policing practice; Black peoples; Ethnic groups; Unemployed youth; Haringey; Policemen; Looting; Wood Green

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