LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

CRE reaction to Scarman report

Genre

Interview

TX Date

25 Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:03:08

Description

Interview with Chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE), David Lane, following the publication of the Scarman Report into the causes of the Brixton riots in South London in 1981. Welcomes the findings including on policing problems, and on the CRE role. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

David Lane

Keywords

London; Reports; Social problems; Interethnic relations; Police; Violence; Metropolitan Police; Equal opportunity; Racial discrimination; Riots; Commission for Racial Equality; Policing practice; Racism; Brixton; Scarman Report; Urban areas; Institutional racism; Leslie Scarman

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