Title

Rene Webb reacts to Scarman report

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:02:22

Description

Interview with Brixton black community leader Rene(?) Webb, following the publication of the Scarman Report into the causes of the Brixton riots in South London in 1981. The report criticises the Metropolitan Police. Female interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Rene(?) Webb

Keywords

London; Reports; Interethnic relations; Police; Violence; Metropolitan Police; Riots; Policing practice; Racism; Black peoples; Brixton; Scarman Report; Institutional racism; Leslie Scarman

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