A statutory inquiry will examine the violent policing at Orgreave during the 1984 miners' strike, which injured dozens. This incident, referred to as the Battle of Orgreave, involved around 14,000 participants and will also investigate the collapsed cases of 95 miners accused of offenses. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced the inquiry at the Orgreave site, emphasizing the need for answers after over 40 years of waiting. She acknowledged the deep scars left on coalfield communities from the events and stressed the importance of addressing unresolved questions.
The government has announced it is launching a statutory inquiry into the violent policing at Orgreave during the infamous miner's strike of 1984. Dubbed the Battle of Orgreave by historians, the event saw dozens of picketers and police injured in a morning clash with an estimated 14,000 participants. The inquiry will also look into the collapsed cases of the 95 miners accused of offences there, more than four decades after the events.
Home secretary Yvette Cooper announced the inquiry having first informed campaigners last Thursday. She spoke from the site in Orgreave where the coking plant that was the target of the picketing was located.
People have waited for answers for over 40 years, she said. The scale of the clashes, the injuries, the prosecutions, the discredited evidence, all of those things - there are still so many unanswered questions.
I think the miners' strike still has deep scars across coalfield communities, and the decisions made at that time - the broadest decisions that were taken.
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