LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Liverpool 8 reaction to Scarman report

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:01:36

Description

Interview with Moira Redmond, a member of the Liverpool 8 Defence Committee, following the publication of the Scarman Report into the causes of the Brixton and Toxteth riots in 1981. The report criticises the police. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Moira Redmond

Keywords

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

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