Originally Posted by papa smurf

For anyone motivated by justice – wherever they stand on the political spectrum – the case for investigating the so-called “battle of Orgreave” should be straightforward. As the Independent Police Complaints Commission themselves note about this bitter episode of the 1984-85 miners’ strike, in which a coking plant was picketed by striking workers, evidence points to South Yorkshire police assaulting miners, perverting the course of justice, committing perjury and now keeping back evidence. The “ethical standards” of the police force at the time are questioned.


http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...rgreave-police