The Battle Hostile_encounter of Orgreave was a violent Violence confrontation on 18 June 1984 between police and pickets at a British Steel Corporation ( BSC ) coking plant in Orgreave , in Rotherham , South Yorkshire .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Orgreave was a violent Violence confrontation on 18 June 1984 between police and pickets at a British Steel Corporation ( BSC ) coking plant in Orgreave , in Rotherham , South Yorkshire .

Most media reports Reporting at the time depicted Statement it as `` an act of self-defence by police who had come Motion under attack Attack '' , and there still exists a body of opinion that the police at Orgreave `` were upholding Defending the law in the face of intimidation Violence from thousands of strikers '' .

This led to Causation renewed Recovering calls Request for a public inquiry to be held Defending into the actions of the police at Orgreave .