Summary
"For the seven years that I have been residing in Brixton," recorded the report's author, "I have been constantly besieged by members of the immigrant population with matters of conflict between them and members of the police force." He continued: "It has been confirmed that sergeants and constables do leave stations with the express purpose of 'nigger hunting', that is to say they do not get orders to act in this way but among themselves they decide to bring in a coloured...
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Extract
Darcus Howe
In the late afternoon of 10 April 1981 Brixton was set ablaze as hundreds of local black youths fought the Metropolitan Police in every nook and cranny of this tiny urban village in south London. Through the rest of that weekend the battle continued. Armies...
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