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The Brixton riots

07/04/2011 GMT

The Brixton Riots

BBC World Service - Witness History, The Brixton Riots

Violence between the black community and the Metropolitan police in South London in 1981

Sheldon Thomas a man who took part in the riot - and Brian Paddick, a former policeman - describe the fighting between the black community and the Metropolitan police in 1981.

In April 1981 the streets of Brixton, south London, erupted into violence. The fighting took part between young members of the black community and the Metropolitan police. 

A former rioter, Sheldon Thomas, and a former policeman, Brian Paddick, tell their side of the story.

This programme was first broadcast last year.

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