Title

Scarman Report - Press conference

Genre

Interview; Press conference

TX Date

25 Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:36:32

Description

Press conference with Lord Scarman (Leslie Scarman) following the publication of his report (entitled, The Brixton Disorders) into the causes of the riots in south London and in other British cities during the summer of 1980. Reporters not identified.

Contributors

Leslie Scarman

Keywords

London; Reports; Social problems; Interethnic relations; Police; Liverpool; Unemployment; Riots; Policing practice; Black peoples; Ethnic groups; Brixton; Toxteth; Scarman Report; Institutional racism

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