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**Wales-Bales** · 25-06-25, 07:12

Re: Orgreave Enquiry

Originally posted by jon1959 View Post

Police destroying evidence ahead of the promised enquiry:

Northumbria police destroy Battle of Orgreave and other miners’ strike files

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/24/northumbria-police-destroy-battle-orgreave-miners-strike-files

Force says it disposed of papers last year despite forthcoming inquiry into scenes of violent policing in 1984

Yvette Cooper still to decide on the scope of the enquiry into the police riot - but evidence has been disappearing for a while. Now Northumbria Police have joined in by shredding boxes of reports, statements and logs - all done last year! It stinks.

Hopefully you don't have any kids or grandchildren, as they are being dealt the worst cards in the history of bad hands.

**jon1959** · 25-06-25, 07:15

Re: Orgreave Enquiry

Originally posted by Wales-Bales View Post

Hopefully you don't have any kids or grandchildren, as they are being dealt the worst cards in the history of bad hands.

Does that mean something - or have any relevance to the Orgreave enquiry?

**Wales-Bales** · 25-06-25, 07:24

Re: Orgreave Enquiry

Originally posted by jon1959 View Post

Does that mean something - or have any relevance to the Orgreave enquiry?

It never stopped there.

**JamesWales** · 25-06-25, 11:08

Re: Orgreave Enquiry

Clearly a case of people trying to protect themselves.Even if the records should have been destroyed by that point, the timing is obviously suss.