LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Scarman report reaction

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference; Vox pop

TX Date

Nov 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:02:19

Description

Report on reaction in Toxteth to the publication of the Scarman Report into the causes of the Brixton in London and Toxteth in Liverpool, in 1981. The report criticises the police. Speaking are: Vernett Showers, community leader, unidentified Toxteth residents. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

Vernett Showers

Keywords

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

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