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The Mugging of Arthur Simmons Part 2 (Original title)
Date: 15 March 1973 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Richard Doubleday

Synopsis: Was PC Kershaw's arrest of two black youths for the mugging of Arthur Simmons an example of victimisation or just another routine arrest? Were the treatening words of one of the youths the treat of a black militant revolutionary or the voice of a persecuted minority? PC Kershaw gives his version of events.

Subjects:
Race relations, Police

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 15 March 1973Broadcast channel: ITVCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 13:30-14:00Runtime: 30 mins Network - Language: English - Colour - Sound
Date: 15 March 1973not specified