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UK: Hillsborough, Orgreave and South Yorkshire Police: the cover-up connections

16 May 2016

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"The central elements of both disgraces are chillingly similar. First – contrary to media coverage which demonised the victims, cheer-led in both cases by the Sun – the police were at fault.

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Second, as they did in 1989 after the Hillsborough semi-final descended into horror, the South Yorkshire police created their own narrative about the Orgreave “battle”, blaming the miners in an apparently concerted campaign of vilification.

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Third is the allegation that both South Yorkshire police operations were followed by a concerted falsification of evidence, and a cover-up."

See the full article: Orgreave inquiry calls grow after damning Hillsborough verdict for police (The Guardian, link)

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