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The IPCC decide not to prosecute anyone from South Yorkshire Police for their actions during and following the 'Battle of Orgreave' during the miner's strike, despite evidence of perjury and obstruction of justice;
http://gu.com/p/49yq9/stw
There is also evidence that the BBC news report changed the sequence of events to show the miners throwing stones and other missiles at the police before they charged them on horseback. In reality the stone throwing was in response to being charged.