Sir Peter Fahy joins call for public inquiry over 1980s ‘police army of occupation’ and agenda of Margaret Thatcher governmentA public inquiry should examine the way Margaret Thatcher’s government used the police to occupy communities during the 1980s miners’ strike,a former chief constable has said.
Sir Peter Fahy said the police attitudes that caused public outrage final week, following the Hillsborough inquest verdicts, and were fostered by events such as the government using officers to crush one of Britains bitterest industrial disputes.
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Source: theguardian.com